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Collections | Ancient Near Eastern Seals & Tablets Views: List | Single work | Overview Text only « | ‹ | 10 11 12 | › Man Prodding Ox Pulling Plow, Astral Symbol Above Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period (ca.1049–609 B.C.) Serpentine 37 x 16.5 mm Seal no. 653 Two Figures Attacking Bearded Hero with Curls, Perhaps the Heroes Gilgamesh and Enkindu Slaying the Giant Humbaba Cylinder seal Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period (ca.1049–609B.C.) Serpentine 35.5 x 15.5 mm Seal no. 686 God Astride Bullheaded Dragon and Aiming Star-Studded Bow at Lion Griffin Cylinder seal Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period (ca.1049–609B.C.) Steatite 37 x 15 mm Seal no. 689 Goddess with Ring and Scimitar on Star-Studded Throne over Lion (?); Worshiper Facing Armed God Standing on Bull Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period (ca.1049–609 B.C.) Chalcedony 34 x 16 mm Seal no. 694 Archer Attacking a Lion Griffin, Tree with Winged Sun Disk Above Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period (ca.1049–609 B.C.) Chalcedony 27 x 13 mm Seal no. 719 A Winged Hero Contesting with a Lion for a Bull Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian period (ca.1000–539B.C.) Carnelian 38.5 x 18 mm Seal no. 747 Hero Grasping Two Male Sphinxes Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian period (ca.1000–539 B.C.) Siliceous stone 33 x 16 mm Seal no. 757 Hero Grasping Two Struggling Birds and Stepping on a Third Bird Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian period (ca.1000–539 B.C.) Chalcedony 24 x 12 mm Seal no. 764 « | ‹ | 10 11 12 | ›

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