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Collections | Ancient Near Eastern Seals & Tablets Views: List | Single work | Overview Text only « | ‹ | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | › | » Male Figure Grasping Bull with Griffin and Various Animals Cylinder seal and impression Northern Mesopotamia, Mitannian period (ca. 1600–1350 B.C.) Hematite 19 x 9 mm Seal no. 1040 Nude Winged Goddess Holding Two Gazelles; Tree with Bird and Fish, Two Kneeling Antelopes Cylinder seal and impression Northern Mesopotamia, Mitannian period (ca. 1600 B.C.–1350 B.C.) Marble 21 x 10 mm Seal no. 1051 Eye Stone Amulet with a Dedication Inscription of King Kurigalzu I in Sumerian Mesopotamia, Kassite period, reign of Kurigalzu I (ca. early 14th century B.C.) Inscribed: To Enlil, his lord, Kurigalzu presented (this stone) Agate 3.36 cm diameter MLC no. 2625 See more in Written in Stone online exhibition » Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian with a Fragment of the Babylonian Flood Story of Epic of Athrasis Mesopotamia, First Dynasty of Babylon, reign of King Ammi-saduqa (ca. 1646–1626 B.C.); clay MLC 1889 Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian with a Fragment of the Epic of Etana Mesopotamia, First Dynasty of Babylon (ca.1895–1595 B.C.); clay MLC 1363 Female Worshiper Facing God Enthroned on Two Human-Headed Bulls Cylinder seal and impression Southern Mesopotamia, Kassite period (ca. 1430–1155 B.C.) Jasper 32.5 x 16 mm Seal no. 575 Standing Male Figure with Scimitar, Fly Above Cylinder seal and impression Southern Mesopotamia, Kassite period (ca. 1430–1155 B.C.) Chalcedony 35.5 x 16 mm Seal no. 571 Hero Grasping Lions Standing on Kneeling Bulls, Winged Sun Disk Above: Birds of Prey Perched in Palmette Tree Flanked by Sphinx and Griffin Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Middle Assyrian period (ca. fourteenth century B.C.) Rock crystal 27 x 13 mm Seal no. 592 « | ‹ | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | › | »

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