Six Mesopotamian hardstone cylinder seals Circa 9th-8th Century B.C. Comprising four Neo-Assyrian seals, one of black serpentine with a kneeling archer aiming at a leaping feline; one of black steatite with a winged deity lifting two goats by their hind-legs, the bronze pin still preserved; one of black steatite with a winged deity pursuing an animal, the terminal with a sacred tree; one of black serpentine with two figures flanking an altar; together with a Middle Elamite black steatite seal with a standing worshipper before an altar and two winged bird-headed figures seated beneath a tree; and a Neo-Sumerian black steatite seal with two worshippers before a seated figure, an inscription at the terminal, ranging from 2.5 - 3.5cm high (1 - 1 3/8in high) and a red jasper seal, not ancient, engraved with figures and quadrupeds, depicting an erotic scene, (7)
Six Mesopotamian hardstone cylinder seals Circa 9th-8th Century B.C. Comprising four Neo-Assyrian seals, one of black serpentine with a kneeling archer aiming at a leaping feline; one of black steatite with a winged deity lifting two goats by their hind-legs, the bronze pin still preserved; one of black steatite with a winged deity pursuing an animal, the terminal with a sacred tree; one of black serpentine with two figures flanking an altar; together with a Middle Elamite black steatite seal with a standing worshipper before an altar and two winged bird-headed figures seated beneath a tree; and a Neo-Sumerian black steatite seal with two worshippers before a seated figure, an inscription at the terminal, ranging from 2.5 - 3.5cm high (1 - 1 3/8in high) and a red jasper seal, not ancient, engraved with figures and quadrupeds, depicting an erotic scene, (7)
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