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THE SURENA COLLECTION OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS
TWO NEO-ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 800-700 B.C.
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TWO NEO-ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
Circa 800-700 B.C.
One of orange carnelian with a goddess to the left in a globe-topped cylindrical headdress, her hair falling to her shoulders, a single plait to her waist, wearing a long robe, her right hand extended, holding a circlet in her left hand, a husband and wife before her, a table between the goddess and the woman, both wearing long fringed robes, her hair shoulder-length, her hands raised above the table, the bearded man behind her in a long fringed robe, his right hand raised, the index finger extended, his left hand cupped, a star, a lunar crescent and the pleiades in the sky, the terminal a winged solar disk above a stylus and spade on a recumbent Mushushu, with a plant in a globular vessel below; and one of pink chalcedony with a goddess standing on the back of a recumbent dog, wearing a globe-topped cylindrical headdress and a long fringed robe, her hair falling in a single plait to her waist, raising an object in her right hand, holding a circlet in her lowered left hand, a bearded worshipper before her in a long fringed robe, raising his hands above an incense burner, behind the goddess a standing winged bull-lamassu, a bucket in its right hand, the left hand raised, the terminal a lunar crescent, a star, the pleiades, a crouching monkey and a fish
33 X 13 mm and 29.5 X 12 mm (2)
Circa 800-700 B.C.
One of orange carnelian with a goddess to the left in a globe-topped cylindrical headdress, her hair falling to her shoulders, a single plait to her waist, wearing a long robe, her right hand extended, holding a circlet in her left hand, a husband and wife before her, a table between the goddess and the woman, both wearing long fringed robes, her hair shoulder-length, her hands raised above the table, the bearded man behind her in a long fringed robe, his right hand raised, the index finger extended, his left hand cupped, a star, a lunar crescent and the pleiades in the sky, the terminal a winged solar disk above a stylus and spade on a recumbent Mushushu, with a plant in a globular vessel below; and one of pink chalcedony with a goddess standing on the back of a recumbent dog, wearing a globe-topped cylindrical headdress and a long fringed robe, her hair falling in a single plait to her waist, raising an object in her right hand, holding a circlet in her lowered left hand, a bearded worshipper before her in a long fringed robe, raising his hands above an incense burner, behind the goddess a standing winged bull-lamassu, a bucket in its right hand, the left hand raised, the terminal a lunar crescent, a star, the pleiades, a crouching monkey and a fish
33 X 13 mm and 29.5 X 12 mm (2)