Eleven Mesopotamian hardstone cylinder seals Jemdet Nasr Period - Neo-Assyrian Period, circa 2800-700 B.C. Including a Jemdet Nasr limestone cylinder seal carved with a hero holding two up-ended animals by their horns, flanked by a second hero, circa 2800 B.C., 30mm high; six Akkadian serpentine cylinder seals, showing various contest scenes with heroes wrestling animals, one with with the sun god Shamash wearing the horned crown, a drinking scene and another with a priestess and worshippers, circa 2400 B.C., 21mm-31mm high; two Ur III serpentine cylinder seals, showing enthroned deities and worshippers, circa 2100 B.C., 26mm-29mm high; a Syrian haematite cylinder seal, with men battling lions and a griffin, circa 2000 B.C., 20mm high; and a Neo-Assyrian serpentine cylinder seal, showing a hero fighting a sphinx, circa 9th-8th Century B.C., 26mm high, with original presentation box (11)
Eleven Mesopotamian hardstone cylinder seals Jemdet Nasr Period - Neo-Assyrian Period, circa 2800-700 B.C. Including a Jemdet Nasr limestone cylinder seal carved with a hero holding two up-ended animals by their horns, flanked by a second hero, circa 2800 B.C., 30mm high; six Akkadian serpentine cylinder seals, showing various contest scenes with heroes wrestling animals, one with with the sun god Shamash wearing the horned crown, a drinking scene and another with a priestess and worshippers, circa 2400 B.C., 21mm-31mm high; two Ur III serpentine cylinder seals, showing enthroned deities and worshippers, circa 2100 B.C., 26mm-29mm high; a Syrian haematite cylinder seal, with men battling lions and a griffin, circa 2000 B.C., 20mm high; and a Neo-Assyrian serpentine cylinder seal, showing a hero fighting a sphinx, circa 9th-8th Century B.C., 26mm high, with original presentation box (11)
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