Details
FOUR SYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 2900-2200 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a lion attacking a bull, a figure with raised arms behind, linear stroke in the field, 27 x 15 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a figure with one arm raised standing next to a bull and a stag, a scorpion, dagger, and small animal in the field, 16 x 11 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a standing figure, a bull and an two antelope, with a bird, wedge, branch and four birds in the field, and a serpent, scorpion, and reversed bird as the groundline, 35 x 15 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with a bird with outstretched wings, an antelope, and a lion, with a reversed animal and v in the field, 25 x 11 mm (4)
CIRCA 2900-2200 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a lion attacking a bull, a figure with raised arms behind, linear stroke in the field, 27 x 15 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a figure with one arm raised standing next to a bull and a stag, a scorpion, dagger, and small animal in the field, 16 x 11 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a standing figure, a bull and an two antelope, with a bird, wedge, branch and four birds in the field, and a serpent, scorpion, and reversed bird as the groundline, 35 x 15 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with a bird with outstretched wings, an antelope, and a lion, with a reversed animal and v in the field, 25 x 11 mm (4)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 325,326,327, & 328