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FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a deity surrounded by a nimbus and an attendant holding a fan and a stole, two vessels upon a stand between them, wedges in the field, a star in the sky, a plant as terminal, line border, 28 x 11 mm, one of red chert engraved with a worshiper standing before a deity surrounded by a nimbus, a stand in between them, star in the sky, a marru terminal, line border, 22 x 10 mm, one of light brown marble engraved with two adult and two child worshipers standing before a deity surrounded by a nimbus, rhomb and bulbous topped cross in the field, star and crescent in the sky, 20 x 12 mm, one of white travertine engraved in two registers with, in the upper, a deity surrounded by a nimbus before a censer on a stand, and a four winged genius in combat with a winged bull, and in the lower, the heads of a dragon, griffin, bull, and a human, line border, 24 x 8 mm, and one of gray marble engraved with a worshiper and a deity (armed or surrounded by a nimbus?) with a censer on a stand between them, stylus or plant in the field, a crescent in the sky, 14 x 35 mm (5)
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a deity surrounded by a nimbus and an attendant holding a fan and a stole, two vessels upon a stand between them, wedges in the field, a star in the sky, a plant as terminal, line border, 28 x 11 mm, one of red chert engraved with a worshiper standing before a deity surrounded by a nimbus, a stand in between them, star in the sky, a marru terminal, line border, 22 x 10 mm, one of light brown marble engraved with two adult and two child worshipers standing before a deity surrounded by a nimbus, rhomb and bulbous topped cross in the field, star and crescent in the sky, 20 x 12 mm, one of white travertine engraved in two registers with, in the upper, a deity surrounded by a nimbus before a censer on a stand, and a four winged genius in combat with a winged bull, and in the lower, the heads of a dragon, griffin, bull, and a human, line border, 24 x 8 mm, and one of gray marble engraved with a worshiper and a deity (armed or surrounded by a nimbus?) with a censer on a stand between them, stylus or plant in the field, a crescent in the sky, 14 x 35 mm (5)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 210,211,212,213, & 214