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FIVE SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1810-1740 B.C.
One engraved with a robed figure, a figure with a staff, and a standing figure striding towards a seated dog with a crook on its head, 15 x 8 mm, one engraved with two figures with raised hands approaching a third who holds a ceremonial sceptor, a ball staff in the field, a vessel above, 14 x 8 mm, one engraved with a procession of five draped figures holding cups, 18 x 9.5 mm, one engraved with two draped figures with crossed arms, a crouching mongoose between them, a ball staf in the field, a vessel, star disc, and crescent in the sky, 15 x 7 mm, and one engraved with a procession of four robed figures each holding small quadrupeds in their arms, 14.5 x 7 mm (5)
CIRCA 1810-1740 B.C.
One engraved with a robed figure, a figure with a staff, and a standing figure striding towards a seated dog with a crook on its head, 15 x 8 mm, one engraved with two figures with raised hands approaching a third who holds a ceremonial sceptor, a ball staff in the field, a vessel above, 14 x 8 mm, one engraved with a procession of five draped figures holding cups, 18 x 9.5 mm, one engraved with two draped figures with crossed arms, a crouching mongoose between them, a ball staf in the field, a vessel, star disc, and crescent in the sky, 15 x 7 mm, and one engraved with a procession of four robed figures each holding small quadrupeds in their arms, 14.5 x 7 mm (5)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 409,410,411,412, & 413