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CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
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A SYRIAN BRONZE STAMP-CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
The convex base engraved with a winged solar-disc, the cylinder seal above showing a worshipper standing before a low smoking stemmed bowl above which are the seven Pleiades and a star, before them is an ibex with a winged solar-disc above, the terminal as a tall standard flanked by two columns of dots and surmounted by a rhomb(?), the seal with a handle in the form of janiform heads of the demon Pazuzu crowned by a pierced knob
1 9/16 in. (4 cm.) high
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
The convex base engraved with a winged solar-disc, the cylinder seal above showing a worshipper standing before a low smoking stemmed bowl above which are the seven Pleiades and a star, before them is an ibex with a winged solar-disc above, the terminal as a tall standard flanked by two columns of dots and surmounted by a rhomb(?), the seal with a handle in the form of janiform heads of the demon Pazuzu crowned by a pierced knob
1 9/16 in. (4 cm.) high
Special notice
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