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SIX MITANIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
One of chalcedony engraved with a winged deity between two recumbent antelopes above two griffins with a quadruped between them, a rhomb or fish, and stylized winged sun disc in the field, line border, 21 x 11 mm, one of chert engraved with a hero kneeling beside two rampant griffins above two lions and another animal, a star and drill hole in the field, 15 x 5 mm, one of hematite engraved with a hero brandishing a dagger kneeling beside a lion and a griffin with a bull calf between them, a recumbent antelope and a scorpion above them, a star in the sky, 18 x 9 mm, one of chert engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, with seven drill holes, a star, and a fish in the field, two fish, star, and recumbent animal in the sky, with a bull and an antelope on either side of a sacred tree and a bull head as the terminal, line border, 14 x 8 mm, one of carnelian engraved with a figure armed with a scimitar standing above an antelope, with a recumbent lion and a quadruped, recumbent bull, star, and bird in the field, a star, disc, and scroll motif in the sky, and rampant antelope on either side of a sacred tree, and recumbent antelope as the terminal, line border, 19 x 11 mm, and one of hematite engraved with two figures standing on either side of a sacred tree, with two other figures to the left, one holding a horned animal by a hind leg, a lion and two birds in the field, a bird in the sky, upper section missing, 14 x 22 mm (6)
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
One of chalcedony engraved with a winged deity between two recumbent antelopes above two griffins with a quadruped between them, a rhomb or fish, and stylized winged sun disc in the field, line border, 21 x 11 mm, one of chert engraved with a hero kneeling beside two rampant griffins above two lions and another animal, a star and drill hole in the field, 15 x 5 mm, one of hematite engraved with a hero brandishing a dagger kneeling beside a lion and a griffin with a bull calf between them, a recumbent antelope and a scorpion above them, a star in the sky, 18 x 9 mm, one of chert engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, with seven drill holes, a star, and a fish in the field, two fish, star, and recumbent animal in the sky, with a bull and an antelope on either side of a sacred tree and a bull head as the terminal, line border, 14 x 8 mm, one of carnelian engraved with a figure armed with a scimitar standing above an antelope, with a recumbent lion and a quadruped, recumbent bull, star, and bird in the field, a star, disc, and scroll motif in the sky, and rampant antelope on either side of a sacred tree, and recumbent antelope as the terminal, line border, 19 x 11 mm, and one of hematite engraved with two figures standing on either side of a sacred tree, with two other figures to the left, one holding a horned animal by a hind leg, a lion and two birds in the field, a bird in the sky, upper section missing, 14 x 22 mm (6)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 591,592,593,594,595, & 596