Serpentine? Circular withpierced, circular, slightly knobbed stalk. Flat face with deep depression in center encircled by raised band, followed by another depressed band and finally, a raised band.
Signet decorated with an openmouthed, clawed lion with tail rising from back. Signet field edged top and bottom, line decoration of sides and back of ring.
Round, flat seal. Man carrying jars, stars. Most likely an import from Dilmun, in the Persian Gulf.UE X: Indian seal (C.J. Gadd, No. 12). The central figure is that of the water-carrier, with skins or pts hung on each end of the yoke across his shoulders and another below his left arm. Below the right skin a stand with high sides may represent a receptacle for the water. On either side of the man's head is a star, and the whole subject is enclosed by parenthesis marks. This is writing in the form of fully developed pictures. All figures appear in the script. Among the seals of India or Mesopotamia, this example is unique. Button seal of grey steatite. Upper side convex and decorated with four circles and three grooves.
Reddish color, shape of an animal, human-like face, one of flat sides impressed with seventeen circular impressions. Hole driven through center, top to bottom.
Sommerville 509 (1889): Carnelian. Intaglio. A Persion Seal - a horned Moufflon. Impression is Sommerville 510.PBS XIV: Passing humped bull. Ring shaped seal with relief on the back in imitation of metal mounting.Carnelian, 15 x 10 mm. MS Coll.
White marble, in form of reclining bull, head facing front, in the round. Eyes drilled out for inlays, now missing. Pierced vertically through back. Underside carved with drill technique, 4 running animals.
Sommerville 1441 (1889): Smokey Chalcedony. Assyrian Seal. A female figure at an altar in adoration. The four-rayed star.PBS XIV: The Babylonian worshiper as above adoring with both hands the emblems of Marduk and Nabu resting on a base below a star. Octagonal cone seal with convex face. Chalcedony, 15 x 11 mm. MS Coll.
late signet.Sommerville 1446 (1889): Brownish Chalcedony. Assyrian Seal. Priest in adoration, both hands raised before an altar; the crescent. This, like the most of this series, is a seal of the common people.PBS XIV: The Babylonian worshiper as above. Octagonal cone seal with convex face. Chalcedony, 21 x 12 ½ mm
hemispherical. parthian head and bust with long hair and ornaments. erased inscription above.Sommerville #500 (1889): Pale Sard - Intaglio Seal. Inscription partly obliterated. With plaster impression.PBS XIV: A Parthian head and bust with long hair, short beard, a necklace, a mantle covering both shoulders. There are ornaments like a three pronged fork on the breast, a star and a crescent on either side and an erased inscription in Pehlvi characters above the head. Hemispherical seal. Chalcedony, 19 x 18 ½ mm
CBS Register: necklace, single string. 25", 75 beads, carnelian, agate, marble, beryl, hematite. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam (no.28) 5-23-95Most of the 75 beads are carnelian. Most striking is the reused broken hematite cylinder seal.