CBS Register: cylinder seal. shell. eagle and two gazelles. star on a lance, net. 26 x 9 mm. Before BC 3000UE X: two registers. below, a net. above, a spread eagle grasping two antelopes (?), standing or half-knelling with heads turned back. There isa tree in the field. shell cylinder.
PBS XIV: two crouched ibexes, reversed and opposed tail to head. Two dots. roughly cut with the burr. flat round seal with convex back. White sallow marble, 46 1/2 x 44 mm. MS. Coll.CBS Register: Flat round seal, convex back, sallow grey marble. Archaic, before 3000 BC.
PBS XIV: a crouched animal. the two dots above may be a second unfinished animal reversed and opposed to the first. Roughly cut with the burr. The reverse has a profile lion's head in relief. Flat seal with convex back. White marble, 30 1/2 x 27 1/2 mm. MS. Coll. CBS Register: flat seal. back has a relief head of a lion. White marble. Archaic, before 3000 BC. Elamite style, animals.
yellow. flat, square. images of animals. Elamite StylePBS XIV: two crouched animals with no distinct head. rough work cut with the burr. flat square seal. yellow marble, 27 1/2 x 27 mm. MS. Coll.CBS Register: flat square seal. flat back. yellow marble. Archaic, before 3000 BC. Elamite style, animals.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Gazelles passing a sacred tree. Stars. bc.3000. 33 x 12 mmUE X: antelope passant amid bushes with star flowers and lozenge leaves. two registers. lapis-lazuli cylinder.
Includes painted pottery; obsidian chips and obsidian vase; 3 clay copies of shell bugle beads; seal impressions on clay jar sealings; animal figure; handles; sickle. 2015 description: Clay sealing fragment with an impression of rows of large cats (lions?) on the front. The verso has string and knot impressions.
Includes painted pottery; obsidian chips and obsidian vase; 3 clay copies of shell bugle beads; seal impressions on clay jar sealings; animal figure; handles; sickle. 2015 description: Clay jar sealing fragment with multiple impressions of an ibex (?) with foliage. There are string impressions on the interior. The bottom is roughly textured.
Includes painted pottery; obsidian chips and obsidian vase; 3 clay copies of shell bugle beads; seal impressions on clay jar sealings; animal figure; handles; sickle. 2015 description: Clay sealing fragment with an impression of an ibex (?). The verso has string impressions.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. no field number. steatite. trees. 16 x 9 mm. c. 2800 bcUE X: arched lines and spread eagle. steatite cylinder. no field number
CBS Register: cylinder seal. black steatite. 3 grooves in middle. Introduction of votary to seated god . 3 swans. 34 x 8 mm. BC 2700.UE X: two registers separated by three lines. Above: scene of introduction to a seated goddess. Bird emblem on a pole. Square stool, footstool, and podium. Below: three swans with raised wings on the river. Black steatite cylinder.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. unpierced. limestone. only one name. Lugal-nu-zu s. of Eteninka (or Ele-el-ka) Sin. c.2400 BC. 34 x 9 mmUE X: Stone cylinder, not pierced, bears only a name. Probably a memorial tag buried with the dead. Lugal-nu-zu, dumu E-te-el-ka Sin. Limestone cylinder.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. Diorite. seated goddess. worshipper introduced. Scorpion and Goose. 17 x 11mmUE X: Introduction to a seated goddess. crescent, goose, scorpion, locust (?) fill the ground. Steatite cylinder.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. no field number. steatite. presentation to a seated goddess. 22 x 11 mm. c.2300 bcUE X: scene of introduction to a seated goddess. Worshipper and leader are both bare-headed and draped in fringed shawls. The goddess also is bare-headed but wears a flounced robe. Podium. Seat built like a gateway. Crescent. Steatite cylinder. no field number
CBS Register: cylinder seal. hematite. seated god holding V [roman numeral 5?] two rotaries. Vase, ampulla, libra, dog, crooked stick. 21 x 9 mm c.2000BCUE X: seated god of the "standard" type as above. The worshipper stands before him with clasped hands, followed by the assistant praying with one hand up. Crescent, ampulla, libra, a seated dog with a crook on head, a Nergal weapon are scattered in the field. Haematite cylinder.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. hematite. "Samas," votary and a minor goddess. 22 x 10 mm c. 2000bcUE X: worshipper standing before the same type of god who holds his weapon horizontally and steps forwards, his bare leg resting on a small base. There is a sun-disk and crescent above. Behind the worshipper the assistant goddess prays with both hands raised. Seal of Arad Sin, arad nin-subur. Haematite cylinder.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. no field number. unpierced, diorite. only a name. 20 x 9 mm c.2000bcUE X: Stone cylinder, not pierced, bears only a name. Probably a memorial tag buried with the dead. Ad-da-la (?) dumu Nannar-lu-dug. Steatite cylinder.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. hematite. Samash. Martu, 3 worshippers and small fig. c. 1900 BC 24 x 13 mmUE X: a worshipper brings a kid as an offering to his god represented as an active hero of the Samas type but holding a short weapon horizontally. Like him he wears a horned mitre, beard, chignon, a pleated shawl hanging from the waist and open in front to let pass his bare leg, which rests on a bull recumbent. This is a mythical animal with beard and horned mitre, the "bull of heaven." The worshipper in turban and fringed shawl is followed by a number of Amorite figures. First, Martu with turban, splayed beard, short fringed shawl, and club in hand. Next, two little nude men wearing only a belt. One of them is apparently double-faced. Then two more Amorites, worshippers, or servants. The first wears a turban and a long fringed robe and keeps his hands clasped. The second, in short tunic and shawl, is like Martu but without the club. Haematite cylinder.
CBS Register: cylinder seal. flint? A votary before Nannar. Inscribed "Samas il Aa. c.1800 bc. Vase, libation, monkey, winged dragon, etc. 26 x 15 mmUE X: a bare-headed worshipper is introduced to a seated diety holding a very small conical object. The seal is inscribed to Samas and Aa. If this is the solar deity, he is apparently beardless, with short hair and a turban tied about his head. A lock or a loose fillet descends past his ear onto his chest. He is draped in a flounced robe. There is a squatting monkey at his knees and behind him a small nude servant holding a buckled shaft or club. His throne is built like a triple-recessed gate. The assistant leads the worshipper with one hand, and holds in the other a crescent on a short staff. He wears a flounced robe like the god, but there is on his head a distinct pair of round horns and again the curious line descending on the chest. The worshipper wears short hair and beard (?) and a pleated robe. Before him are placed the ampulla and libra, particularly well designed. Below the inscription, nude hunters, club in hand, attack a winged dragon rampant. Here again a small line connects head and chest. Grey steatite cylinder.Inscribed
Agate or carnelian cylinder seal, carved in intaglio with figures (one seated, one standing and seven columns of cuneiform inscription. Inscription refers to King Tan Ruhuratir, king of Susa and Anzan.School of the Ozarks #-76.893.38a in black in on side.
CBS Register: seal cylinder, white marble. Archaic.PBS XIV: antelopes crouched in an enclosure, near a gate, or light wood construction, with straight shafts and cross bars, characteristic of such scenes. They oppose to the wild hunting scenes, the ideas of enclosure, residence, house of the sheperd and tame cattle. two dots in the field may represent leaves--or a milk pail. Partly worked with the burr. Cyl. seal. grey marble 31 x 24 mm. Gezer, Palestine, 1912 (?)["Preserved with others in a box with this note attached: 'Found at Gezer, Palestine, 1912, Lambs. Jerusalem, October 27, 1913, H. Clark.' This origin seems very doubtful."]
From Marcus Publication: "Black marble. Tin suspension pin in perforation, splayed at bottom, with remnant of loop end at top. A standing bearded archer, facing left, wearing along fringed tunic with a broad belt, aims his bow at a stag. The stag breaks down on its forelegs. The body of the animal faces left while the head is turned in reverse towards the archer. He has large antlers. aligned horizontally with two tines projecting in front; his eye is framed by double lines at left and below. There are serrations along the back of his neck and a band of vertical serrations along his underbelly; a curved shoulder line is indicated . the archer carries at his waist a scabbard decorated with applied metal strips, and on his back a quiver, from with protrudes the tips of two arrows(?). The face of the archer is marked by horizontal striations; his feet are not indicated, being cropped by the lower border pattern. Behind the archer are two cuneiform-like wedges. Two additional wedges are between the legs of the stag; six globed are before his head. A lozenge is in the lower field between the opponents."Black soft stone, probably steatite; remains of bronze suspension loop and wire in perforation preserved, two ends of wire visible at bottom of cylinder. (They would have projected a little more than now and have been turned over. The present state suggests that they broke off recently, note color!). Scene: Archer aiming at Stag. The archer with head indicated by horizontal lines, wears a long robe with fringe at bottom, tied with a broad belt. He carries a sword and a quiver of which two arrows project over his shoulder. The stag has fallen on its forelegs and turns its head backwards. Four cuneiform wedges, seven small globes, crescent and lozenge in field. Design bordered above and below by pattern of four oblique lines in changing directions. The elaboration of the stag’s body and the motif of the animal as such may indicate an origin before the 8th c. Despite some slightly unusual features, the cylinder was made either by an Assyrian seal cutter or one intimately familiar with Assyrian iconography.
CBS Register: Seal cylinder, Agate. Neo Babylonian. PBS XIV: The four-winged Bel-Marduk holds two winged sphinxes. He has the usual round mitre, long beard and hair and open flounced robe. The sphinxes have a bearded human head, a lion's body and tail and the wings of an eagle. Their hind legs and tail form a rhomb below the crescent. There is a fish in the field. Roughly cut with wheel and burr. Convex cyl. seal. Blue chalcedony, 27 x 14 1/2 mm
sivler bronze stamp in form of flacon perched on ledge; round relief on the basae, a spread eagle in intaglio, on back in relief counter weight or rest of suspension ring. Incised feathers on wing. 1 original PMA impression
Sommerville #1444 (1889): Pale brownish chalcedony. Assyrian Seal. A priest before an altar on which burns a lamp. Also the crescent of a new moon.PBS XIV: The Babylonian worshiper as above adoring with both hands the emblems of Marduk and Nabu resting on the back of the horned dragon crouched on a base altar, below the crescent. Octagonal cone seal with convex face. Chalcedony, 17 ½ x 13 ½ mm. MS Coll.
Tan and mottled red in color; hole through center. Subject is a "bearded human figure seated in a small chair w/ a curving back...a griffin turns back his head...beyond the plant is a bull...".Incised
CBS Register: hemispherical seal. 4 lines of inscription. Agate with white layer. 1d BC. Kufic or Estrangelo?PBS XIV: Arabic inscription. Hemispherical seal. Agate with white layers, 22 x 22 mm. MS Coll.
Sommerville 512 (1889): Carnelian. Intaglio Seal. Impression is Sommerville 513PBS XIV: A winged Eros riding whip in hand on the back of a galloping lion, which he heads with the left. The hind legs of the lion are treading on a three headed club, like a burning torch, while a bee or butterfly is hovering above and hurrying in hot pursuit. The whole scene is a marvel of minute engraving as well as a beautiful poem of love. “C. VOLCACI. C.F.” Ring shaped seal. Carnelian, 15 x 8 ½ mm. MS Coll.Intaglio
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, soapstonePBS XIV: The worshiping of a standing deity with one hand extended. She (?) has a plaited robe. Two worshipers in front adore with one hand up. Cyl. seal, much worn. Black diorite, 19 ½ x 10 mm
CBS Register: seal cylinder, hematitePBS XIV: A palm tree, probably a tree of life and a lion throwing down an antelope. The emblems are a sun disk (?), an eight pointed star, and the seven Igigi stars. Cyl seal. Serpentine, 16 1/2 x 7 mm
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematitePBS XIV: The worshiping of Shamash. He has a necklace and bracelet. A worshiper in fringed shawl brings a goat. The usual divine attendant adores with both hands up. Concave cyl. seal, much worn. Hematite, 26 1/2 x 16 mm.
CBS Register: seal cylinder in soapstone, much effacedPBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess, hand extended holding a scepter. She has a flounced robe. Behind her there is a club or tree. The divine attendant leads the worshiper by the hand. Cyl. seal, much worn. Soapstone, 26 x 10 mm. Nippur, 1889.
spotted deer rampant attacked by lion and panther (tail up). Lion crossed with a second lion(?) ataccking a gazelle. In field: small gazelle, head turned back and a bird(?). Worn. No original impression;
CBS Register: Seal cylinder in soapstone. Place of discovery not reported to HVHPBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess, hand extended below the crescent. Her mitre, hair, robe and seat as above. The divine attendant, with the same mitre and hair and a plaited shawl covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the bareheaded worshiper in a fringed shawl. “Siga…//servant of Ibi…” Concave cyl. seal. Black diorite, 24 ½ x 12 mm.
CBS Register: seal cylinder, much effaced. PBS XIV: A nude hunter with ehad in profile, lifts by the hind leg a reversed deer and a reversed lion (?). Cyl. seal. Soapstone. Nippur, 1894
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hole not entirely cut through, hematitePBS XIV: The worshiping of a standing bearded god with hand extended low, stepping forth like Shamash but without any weapon. He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a tail, a plaited shawl. The emblems in front are the sun disk, the crescent and a squat monkey. A bearded worshiper adores with one hand up. He has a turban, his hair tied in a short tail, a plaited robe. A bearded deity stands up one arm hanging, the other folded to his breast. he has a horned mitre, a plaited shawl, his hair tied behind. Between them there are an ampulla and a libra Two small figures behind copy their attitude. The first in turban and short tunic adores with one hand up. The second with turban, and a shawl covering one shoulder, one arm hanging, the other folded to his breast is a Martu without his weapon. On the reverse there is another large figure of Martu without any weapon. His hair is tied in a swallow tail. Cyl seal, not thoroughly pierced. Hematite, 22 x 10 mm
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, serpentinePBS XIV: Two nude hunters with head in profile, short hair, a beard, a belt, and one of them a loin cloth, lift two lions by legs and tails while stepping on their heads. On the reverse are engraved two emblems, a club or weapon with a curved blade ending in a lion’s head, and a seated dog with a crooked stick on his head. Between the two groups a new emblem, the so-called libra, is perhaps a measuring rod, a model or standard. Cyl. seal. Green jade like stone, 23 ½ x 13 ½ mm
PBS XIV: A seated god in flounced robe, drinks through a pipe from a vase placed on an X stand in front. A bull idol on a square base below a canopy is probably the emblem of Adad. The other symbols are the ampulla and libra and a squat monkey.Cyl. seal. Soapstone, 20 ½ x 10 mm. MS Coll.
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limonitePBS XIV: Shamash stepping forth weapon in hand. “Ur-Dagan (?)//son of Lugalamaru//servant of Ninsianna” Concave cyl. seal, much worn. Limonite, 26 x 13 mm
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematitePBS XIV: The worshiping of Martu. The divine attendant or worshiper has a conical horned mitre and a fringed embroidered robe. Between them there are a crescent and a squat monkey. On the reverse a nude Zirbanit in front face stands up with hands clasped, her hips barred by a few lines. Emblem’s around are the ampulla and libra and the spear of Marduk (?). Concave cyl. seal, much worn. Hematite, 27 x 8 mm
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestonePBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess (?) with hand extended. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe, a seat built like a temple gate with recesses. The seat has moreover a low curved back, a cushion, and rests, with her footstool on a dais. Behind her there are a caduceus of Ishtar, a frog or beetle, perhaps a turtle, and in front of her a fishman and a human head. A worshiping goddess brings a kid as an offering. She has the horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop and a flounced robe. A nude Gilgamesh with head in profile has locked arms with an ithyphallic Eabani. The other emblems are the crescent, the ampulla and libra. Concave, cyl. seal. Limestone, 22 x 11 mm
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder in soft altering hematite.PBS XIV: The worshiping of Adad standing thunderbolt in hand on the back of a passing bull. A rope leads from his hand to the nose of the bull. His second hand seems to press to his chest another weapon. He has a conical hat, perhaps adorned with horns, his hair tied behind and a short tunic. There is no worshiper but an inscription with his name between the god and the divine attendant who adores with one hand up. "Ummi Damkina,//son of Ilituram,''servant of Adad." Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 25 x 11 mm
CBS Register: Seal cylinder in alabaster. Place of discovery not reported to HVHPBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated god (?) with one hand up. He has a high mitre, a fringed robe, an X shaped seat. The worshiper dressed in the same manner stands with hands extended right and left. THe reverse has a roughly cut caduceus, two circles and two border lines. Cyl. seal. Green glazed pottery, 24 1/2 x 12 mm. Nippur, 1891.Matthews: Seal, grey composition. 24.5 x diam. 12. Man facing seated man, tree, two circled dots. Top and bottom lines. Distinctive stylisation.
note on box: AchaemenidCBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestonePBS XIV: A Persian hero seizes by the leg two rampant winged lionmen. He has the usual crown, long hair and beard, embroidered vest, trousers and boots. The monsters with their human head turned asisde have long hair and beard and a curious ibex horn. The reverse has a cresent, a bird, a plant of life like the silphium. Cyl. seal. Marmolite, 26 x 11 1/2mm
CBS Register: Seal cylinder in limestone. Place of discovery not reported to HVHPBS XIV: The worshiping of the rising Shamash. The god, with rays from his shoulders and his notched sword in hand, lifts his bare leg not over mountains, but on the head of a small crouched animal. THe vigorous primitive design has degenerated into conventional form. The god has still his horned mitre, beard and plaited shawl girded about. His hair hangs loose behind. A simple door reminds us of the poetical gates of dawn, but there are no porters nor divine attendants. A bareheaded human worshiper lifts one hand in sign of adoration in front of a three legged table covered with a pile of cakes, or food offerings. Concave cyl. seal. Black diorite, 23 x 12 mm. Nippur, 1890.
CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, serpentinePBS XIV: Two worshipers with hands up on either side of a vase, with a palm and two branches of dates. One is a woman with a fillet about her head, and her hair tied in a loop behind. The other has a perhaps a flat cap (?). “Ur Bau son of Lugal-gaba” Cyl. seal. Black diorite, 21 ½ x 11 mm
Alabaster. Bottom: one standing, one seated mand and two animals. above: centipede, another seated human and various animals and symbols. mythological boat?
CBS Register. Ur 1928-9, Season VII. Cylinder Seal. blue glazed fritte. Kassite period. winged bull, lion, star.UE X: lion and winged bull rampant. calf recumbent and star. Blue glazed frit cylinder.Glaze
CBS Register: seal cylinder, perhaps chromitePBS XIV: The worshiping of a god like Martu, but with no beard and only a short tunic. A worshiper in conical hat and plaited robe, extends one hand perhaps in sign of adoration. Behind the god a worshiper in turban and long robe adores with one hand up. The emblems in the field are a caduceus (?) a squat monkey, a small bandy legged man one hand up. Concave cyl. seal, much worn. Chromite (?), 24 x 13 mm.
CBS Register: seal cylinder, mollusc shellPBS XIV: The rising Shamash with rays from his shoulders and his notched sword in hand, steps over the mountains between the open gates of morning. The mounts are represented by curved lines. The god lifts his bare leg on the mountain in front, and rests his hand on the next. He has a plaited shawl girded about his middle and opening in front. The two porters have a beard (?), no visible mitre, and long tresses of hair. One has a plaited shawl girded about his middle, the other a fringed shawl. The door leaves have five cross bars. Concave cyl. seal. Shell, 31 x 18 mm
Steatite or travertine? Winged gate on back of crouching bull which has one front leg raised. Seated deity extends one hand of welcome. 2 original Impression (b and c); upm impression 2006-14-24
