SEVEN MITANIAN CYLINDER SEALS

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SEVEN MITANIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1450-1300 B.C.

One of hematite engraved with a winged griffin standing on either side of a sacred tree with a kneeling hero above it, a four-winged female deity standing to one side, two recumbent antelopes and three circular motifs, drill holes in the field, two large secondary drillings, line border, 24 x 11 mm, one of hematite engraved with a figure seated on a lion attacking an antelope, a second figure to the right, both grasping a bird standard between them, a fish in the sky, line border, 17 x 7 mm, one of chalcedony engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, a standing figure to the right, with a bird in the sky, and a recumbent anetlope, drill hole, scorpion as the terminal, line border, 15 x 9 mm, one of chert engraved with winged demon standing before a seated figure, a fish, drill holes, and a scorpion in the field, drill hole, a circular motif, and a hand as the terminal, line border, 17.5 x 12 mm, one of chalcedony engraved with a seated figure behind a griffin, a star, plant, and a bird in the field, a fish and hand in the sky, 13 x 7 mm, one of chert engraved with a hero spearing a lion, a recumbent antelope, winged demon, and star in the field, a fish in the sky, line border, 18 x 11 mm, and one of chert engraved with a hero spearing a lion and a bull, a bird on the bull's nape, a fish and scorpion as the terminal, line border, 16 x 8 mm (7)
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Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 597,598,599,600,601,602, & 603