Details
SIX SYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 2600-2000 B.C.
One of white travertine engraved with two seated figures drinking from a vessel through tubes, an attendant to the left, a paneled structure as the terminal, 21 x 12.5 mm, one of gray marble engraved with a figure seated in a chariot(?), a standing figure, and two crossed animals, a small animal in the field, 24 x 14 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a charioteer drawn by an equid, a scorpion and bird in the field, 13 x 8 mm, one of white marble or shell engraved with a seated figure before a laden table, a standing figure to the right, a crescent in the sky, 17 x 8.5 mm, one of yellow marble engraved with a seated figure holding a vessel and two standing figures, a laden table in between, 24 x 15 mm, and one of white marble engraved with two seated figures, a laden table in between, and a third seated figure to the left, 18 x 9.5 mm (6)
CIRCA 2600-2000 B.C.
One of white travertine engraved with two seated figures drinking from a vessel through tubes, an attendant to the left, a paneled structure as the terminal, 21 x 12.5 mm, one of gray marble engraved with a figure seated in a chariot(?), a standing figure, and two crossed animals, a small animal in the field, 24 x 14 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a charioteer drawn by an equid, a scorpion and bird in the field, 13 x 8 mm, one of white marble or shell engraved with a seated figure before a laden table, a standing figure to the right, a crescent in the sky, 17 x 8.5 mm, one of yellow marble engraved with a seated figure holding a vessel and two standing figures, a laden table in between, 24 x 15 mm, and one of white marble engraved with two seated figures, a laden table in between, and a third seated figure to the left, 18 x 9.5 mm (6)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 346,347,348,349,350, & 351