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CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
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A NEO-ASSYRIAN CORNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Showing a seated deity with one hand raised, being approached by a male worshipper with hands extended in supplication, motifs in the field comprising a spade of Marduk, two fish, a rhomb, a 'ball-staff', a lunar crescent, the seven Pleiades and three stars
¾ in. (2.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Showing a seated deity with one hand raised, being approached by a male worshipper with hands extended in supplication, motifs in the field comprising a spade of Marduk, two fish, a rhomb, a 'ball-staff', a lunar crescent, the seven Pleiades and three stars
¾ in. (2.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired during the 1970s-1980s.
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