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THREE MITANIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
One of hematite engraved with a standing figure surrounded by animals, including a hawk attacking a calf, a lion attacking an antelope with a bird between them, a recumbent antelope between recumbent griffin and lion, and a bird, line border, 19 x 8.5 mm, one of hematite engraved with a lion attacking an antelope, with a recumbent antelope above, an animal head and fish in the field, and a winged sun disc and drill holes in the sky, line border, 14.5 x 6 mm, and one of chalcedony engraved with a enthroned female deity holding a cup, a double-headed winged demon before her holding two stags by their hind legs, a recumbent antelope above an animal and a hand in the field, a fish in the field, with a recumbent stag above a recumbent antelope as the terminal, line border, 21 x 11 mm, (3)
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
One of hematite engraved with a standing figure surrounded by animals, including a hawk attacking a calf, a lion attacking an antelope with a bird between them, a recumbent antelope between recumbent griffin and lion, and a bird, line border, 19 x 8.5 mm, one of hematite engraved with a lion attacking an antelope, with a recumbent antelope above, an animal head and fish in the field, and a winged sun disc and drill holes in the sky, line border, 14.5 x 6 mm, and one of chalcedony engraved with a enthroned female deity holding a cup, a double-headed winged demon before her holding two stags by their hind legs, a recumbent antelope above an animal and a hand in the field, a fish in the field, with a recumbent stag above a recumbent antelope as the terminal, line border, 21 x 11 mm, (3)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 588,589, & 590