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FOUR SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1850-1620 B.C.
One engraved with a worshiper facing the weather god to his left, who brandishes a mace and holds an ax and the leash of a bull, with the Syrian goddess to the left, an ankh in the field, a star in the sky, a nude hero facing front and a spear as the terminal, line border, 15 x 7 mm, one engraved with the weather god brandishing a mace and holding an ax and throw-sticks sitting inside a boat (which was added after the seal was broken) with the Syrian godess holding a cup to his left, a sphinx above guilloche above zigzag waves as the terminal, line border, lower section missing, 9 x 13.5 mm, one engraved with a winged deity wearing a feathered headdress and a kilt with back panel, armed with a spear and a throw-stick, standing before two worshipers to the right, both with a raised hand in salute, two branches, an antelope, bird, star, and ball staff in the field, crescent in the sky, line border, 23 x 11 mm, and one engraved with a winged goddess wearing a feathered headdress and a kilt with back panel, armed with a spear and throw-stick, facing three worshipers, the first carrying a bird, the others with a raised hand in salute, an antelope with turned head, flaming stand, and an ankh in the field, crescent in the sky, line border, 22 x 10 mm (4)
CIRCA 1850-1620 B.C.
One engraved with a worshiper facing the weather god to his left, who brandishes a mace and holds an ax and the leash of a bull, with the Syrian goddess to the left, an ankh in the field, a star in the sky, a nude hero facing front and a spear as the terminal, line border, 15 x 7 mm, one engraved with the weather god brandishing a mace and holding an ax and throw-sticks sitting inside a boat (which was added after the seal was broken) with the Syrian godess holding a cup to his left, a sphinx above guilloche above zigzag waves as the terminal, line border, lower section missing, 9 x 13.5 mm, one engraved with a winged deity wearing a feathered headdress and a kilt with back panel, armed with a spear and a throw-stick, standing before two worshipers to the right, both with a raised hand in salute, two branches, an antelope, bird, star, and ball staff in the field, crescent in the sky, line border, 23 x 11 mm, and one engraved with a winged goddess wearing a feathered headdress and a kilt with back panel, armed with a spear and throw-stick, facing three worshipers, the first carrying a bird, the others with a raised hand in salute, an antelope with turned head, flaming stand, and an ankh in the field, crescent in the sky, line border, 22 x 10 mm (4)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 484,485,486, & 487