Details
FOUR NEO-ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 900-700 B.C
One of black serpentine engraved with a worshiper facing an enthroned deity holding a rod and a ring, a fish-robed figure behind the deity, a rhomb and vertical line in the field, star disc, crescent and winged sun disk in the sky, marru terminal, line border, lower section missing, 18 x 12 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a deity holding a lighting fork running along the back of a dragon, wedges and a rhomb in the field, a star and crescent in the sky, line border, 31 x 12 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a deity with a scimitar holding the hind leg of a bull, wedge and plant in the field, a palm terminal, line border, repaired above, 30.5 x 12 mm, and one of white marble engraved with a standing figure and an antelope, a stylus and a rhomb, a star and crescent in the sky, 17 x 8 mm (4)
CIRCA 900-700 B.C
One of black serpentine engraved with a worshiper facing an enthroned deity holding a rod and a ring, a fish-robed figure behind the deity, a rhomb and vertical line in the field, star disc, crescent and winged sun disk in the sky, marru terminal, line border, lower section missing, 18 x 12 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a deity holding a lighting fork running along the back of a dragon, wedges and a rhomb in the field, a star and crescent in the sky, line border, 31 x 12 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a deity with a scimitar holding the hind leg of a bull, wedge and plant in the field, a palm terminal, line border, repaired above, 30.5 x 12 mm, and one of white marble engraved with a standing figure and an antelope, a stylus and a rhomb, a star and crescent in the sky, 17 x 8 mm (4)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 223,224,225, & 229