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FIVE CYLINDER SEALS
Circa 1900-1800 B.C. and 521-400 B.C.
Including four Old Babylonian seals, one of green steatite with a suppliant goddess standing before a deity, a three column inscription as the terminal; one of black serpentine engraved with a worshiper and a suppliant goddess, a staff between them, standing before an enthroned figure holding a cup, a crescent in the sky, a two column inscription as the terminal; one of black steatite with two figures standing before a seated figure, a three column inscription as the terminal; and one of red steatite with a standing suppliant goddess and a standing deity, a three column inscription as the terminal; and an Achaemenian brown stone seal with a bearded royal figure grasping two lions by the hind legs, a stylized tree between the lions
1.20mm. high for the largest (5)
Circa 1900-1800 B.C. and 521-400 B.C.
Including four Old Babylonian seals, one of green steatite with a suppliant goddess standing before a deity, a three column inscription as the terminal; one of black serpentine engraved with a worshiper and a suppliant goddess, a staff between them, standing before an enthroned figure holding a cup, a crescent in the sky, a two column inscription as the terminal; one of black steatite with two figures standing before a seated figure, a three column inscription as the terminal; and one of red steatite with a standing suppliant goddess and a standing deity, a three column inscription as the terminal; and an Achaemenian brown stone seal with a bearded royal figure grasping two lions by the hind legs, a stylized tree between the lions
1.20mm. high for the largest (5)