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FOUR SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1850-1620 B.C.
One engraved with a figure wearing a round cap and a slit robe, in ascending position and holding a scimitar, facing a standing figure, a bird and star in the field, with opposing sphinx and griffin above guilloche above an antelope and lion as the terminal, fragmentary, 21 x 10 mm, one engraved with a a deity presenting a worshiper to an enthroned deity in a flounced robe holding a vessel from which two streams of water issue, a fish and ankh in the field, a rosette in the sky, a head standard as terminal, upper section missing, 20 x 10 mm, one engraved with a figure wearing a round cap with upturned rim and a fringed mantle saluting an enthroned diety wearing a horned headdress and a flounced robe, holding a vessel out of which two streams of water flows into jugs on the ground, with a walking griffin-demon and a kneeling winged lion between guilloche as the terminal, 18.5 x 10 mm, and one engraved with the weather god with a dagger at his waist, brandishing a mace and holding an ax, standing before an enthroned deity holding a vessel from which streams of water flow, and to the left, a deity wearing a long robe and tall headdress holding a scepter, an ankh in the field, a star in the sky, two fish as the terminal, line border, 19 x 7 mm (4)
CIRCA 1850-1620 B.C.
One engraved with a figure wearing a round cap and a slit robe, in ascending position and holding a scimitar, facing a standing figure, a bird and star in the field, with opposing sphinx and griffin above guilloche above an antelope and lion as the terminal, fragmentary, 21 x 10 mm, one engraved with a a deity presenting a worshiper to an enthroned deity in a flounced robe holding a vessel from which two streams of water issue, a fish and ankh in the field, a rosette in the sky, a head standard as terminal, upper section missing, 20 x 10 mm, one engraved with a figure wearing a round cap with upturned rim and a fringed mantle saluting an enthroned diety wearing a horned headdress and a flounced robe, holding a vessel out of which two streams of water flows into jugs on the ground, with a walking griffin-demon and a kneeling winged lion between guilloche as the terminal, 18.5 x 10 mm, and one engraved with the weather god with a dagger at his waist, brandishing a mace and holding an ax, standing before an enthroned deity holding a vessel from which streams of water flow, and to the left, a deity wearing a long robe and tall headdress holding a scepter, an ankh in the field, a star in the sky, two fish as the terminal, line border, 19 x 7 mm (4)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 506,508,509, & 510