SEVEN NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1700-350 B.C.
SEVEN NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS CIRCA 1700-350 B.C. Including an Achaemenid chalcedony seal with a king fighting an ibex, circa 500-350 B.C.; another chalcedony seal with a central sacred tree surmounted with winged solar-disc, flanked by three standing figures, the seven Pleiades and crescent moon in the field, circa 900-750 B.C.; a small cornelian seal with two winged horse-like creatures persuing one another, circa 800-600 B.C.; another mottled cornelian seal with mythological combat scene with central double-winged figure standing on two recumbent ibex, grasping a winged quadruped in each hand, circa 1300-1000 B.C.; a bitumen seal with two registers, the lower with larger seated figure drinking from a vessel, a servant in front, a wine-making scene behind with a man standing in front of a stand with a large strainer and vessel beneath, the upper register with a kneeling figure, probably grinding cereal, behind a pole with butchered animal suspended, circa 1400-1000 B.C.; a grey stone Elamite seal with two standing facing figures and a four line Elamite cuneiform inscription, circa 1700-1500 B.C.; and an unfinished mottled red stone seal with the beginnings of a human figure, circa 800-600 B.C. 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high max. (7)
SEVEN NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1700-350 B.C.
SEVEN NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS CIRCA 1700-350 B.C. Including an Achaemenid chalcedony seal with a king fighting an ibex, circa 500-350 B.C.; another chalcedony seal with a central sacred tree surmounted with winged solar-disc, flanked by three standing figures, the seven Pleiades and crescent moon in the field, circa 900-750 B.C.; a small cornelian seal with two winged horse-like creatures persuing one another, circa 800-600 B.C.; another mottled cornelian seal with mythological combat scene with central double-winged figure standing on two recumbent ibex, grasping a winged quadruped in each hand, circa 1300-1000 B.C.; a bitumen seal with two registers, the lower with larger seated figure drinking from a vessel, a servant in front, a wine-making scene behind with a man standing in front of a stand with a large strainer and vessel beneath, the upper register with a kneeling figure, probably grinding cereal, behind a pole with butchered animal suspended, circa 1400-1000 B.C.; a grey stone Elamite seal with two standing facing figures and a four line Elamite cuneiform inscription, circa 1700-1500 B.C.; and an unfinished mottled red stone seal with the beginnings of a human figure, circa 800-600 B.C. 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high max. (7)
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