Ancient Western Asian Seals & Tablets

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Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian

Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian with a Fragment of the Babylonian Flood Story of Epic of Athrasis

(ca. 1646–1626 B.C.)
MLC 1889

Figure holding up bull by hind leg

between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite
Morgan Seal 1040

God with lightning fork, bull, and mace-bearing figure in ascending posture

between 1500 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite
Morgan Seal 1020

Nude winged goddess holding two gazelles by hind legs

between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
white marble
Morgan Seal 1051

Figure with scimitar

between 1430 B.C. and 1155 B.C.
milky chalcedony
Morgan Seal 571

Worshiper and god with vase seated on throne supported by human-headed bulls

between 1430 B.C. and 1300 B.C.
iron-stained jasper
Morgan Seal 575

Bull with tail grasped by griffin-demon

between 1400 B.C. and 1300 B.C.
colorless chalcedony
Morgan Seal 595

Hero grasping two lions on backs of kneeling bulls

between 1400 B.C. and 1300 B.C.
rock crystal
Morgan Seal 592

Lion-griffins attacking bull

between 1400 B.C. and 1300 B.C.
yellowish chert
Morgan Seal 594

Bearded hero with daggers and two ibexes

between 1300 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
red-and-gray jasper
Morgan Seal 597