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CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.
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AN OLD BABYLONIAN GREEN STONE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.
Showing a deified king holding a mace, a deity in front and a suppliant goddess behind, between them a frontally facing nude goddess, an inverted figure and another diminutive male figure, in the field a lion-headed staff, two mermen, a monkey, crescent and star, a two-line cuneiform inscription, "Amurru, son of Anu", above which a smaller scene with the god Amurru carrying a crook with one foot raised on a gazelle, a monkey in front, 11/16 in. (2.7 cm.) high; three Old Babylonian haematite cylinder seals, one with the god, Amurru, holding two crooks, in front a deified king before a goddess, a monkey and crescent between, 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) high; another, with a deified king before a goddess, and a diminutive worshipper before a tall double lion-headed standard, a star and crescent above, ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) high; another, with a deified king before a suppliant goddess, a solar-disc and monkey between, behind twin-forked lightning and a frontally facing nude goddess, 15/16 in. (2.3 cm.) high, all circa 1900-1600 B.C.; a Neo-Babylonian chalcedony octagonal domed stamp seal with a worshipper before a stylised tree surmounted by a winged solar-disc and crescent, 1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm.) high, circa 6th Century B.C.; a black stone tabloid stamp seal, one side with an archer with arrows in front, the other side with a winged mythical creature, 1¼ x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.6 cm.); a large late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr pink stone collared hemispheroid stamp seal, the base with moufflon and scorpion(?), 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) diam.; another, cream stone, hemispheroid, with two dogs, 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) diam.; a cream stone stamp seal in the form of a fox, two drilled animals on the base, all 3300-2900 B.C.; a pink chert limestone recumbent bull amulet and a quartzite hare, 3300-2300 B.C., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long max. (11)
CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.
Showing a deified king holding a mace, a deity in front and a suppliant goddess behind, between them a frontally facing nude goddess, an inverted figure and another diminutive male figure, in the field a lion-headed staff, two mermen, a monkey, crescent and star, a two-line cuneiform inscription, "Amurru, son of Anu", above which a smaller scene with the god Amurru carrying a crook with one foot raised on a gazelle, a monkey in front, 11/16 in. (2.7 cm.) high; three Old Babylonian haematite cylinder seals, one with the god, Amurru, holding two crooks, in front a deified king before a goddess, a monkey and crescent between, 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) high; another, with a deified king before a goddess, and a diminutive worshipper before a tall double lion-headed standard, a star and crescent above, ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) high; another, with a deified king before a suppliant goddess, a solar-disc and monkey between, behind twin-forked lightning and a frontally facing nude goddess, 15/16 in. (2.3 cm.) high, all circa 1900-1600 B.C.; a Neo-Babylonian chalcedony octagonal domed stamp seal with a worshipper before a stylised tree surmounted by a winged solar-disc and crescent, 1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm.) high, circa 6th Century B.C.; a black stone tabloid stamp seal, one side with an archer with arrows in front, the other side with a winged mythical creature, 1¼ x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.6 cm.); a large late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr pink stone collared hemispheroid stamp seal, the base with moufflon and scorpion(?), 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) diam.; another, cream stone, hemispheroid, with two dogs, 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) diam.; a cream stone stamp seal in the form of a fox, two drilled animals on the base, all 3300-2900 B.C.; a pink chert limestone recumbent bull amulet and a quartzite hare, 3300-2300 B.C., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long max. (11)
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