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FIVE MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEALS
LATE URUK/JEMDET NASR, CIRCA 3200-2900 B.C.
One of pale green feldspar engraved with a zigzag of parallel lines with horizontal lines in the field, 29 x 20 mm, one of gray marble engraved with lozenges of parallel lines with linear strokes throughout, 21 x 12 mm, one of patchy white marble engraved with a row of lozenges enclosing oblique linear strokes, opposing linear strokes in the field, 12 x 14 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a row of lozenges enclosing oblique linear strokes, linear strokes in the field, 25 x 16 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with two slanted crosses, oblique linear strokes in the field, 22 x 10 mm (5)
LATE URUK/JEMDET NASR, CIRCA 3200-2900 B.C.
One of pale green feldspar engraved with a zigzag of parallel lines with horizontal lines in the field, 29 x 20 mm, one of gray marble engraved with lozenges of parallel lines with linear strokes throughout, 21 x 12 mm, one of patchy white marble engraved with a row of lozenges enclosing oblique linear strokes, opposing linear strokes in the field, 12 x 14 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a row of lozenges enclosing oblique linear strokes, linear strokes in the field, 25 x 16 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with two slanted crosses, oblique linear strokes in the field, 22 x 10 mm (5)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 26,27,28,29, & 30