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Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Cylinder seal and imprint, Akkadian, 2340-2150 BCE A deity with dagger fighting a human scorpion; another deity with branch (god of vegetation?) Rock-crystal, H: 1,65 cm AO 25305
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Cylinder seal and imprint, Akkadian, 2340-2150 BCE A deity with dagger figh...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian. Offering scene. Deity on a throne, worshippers. Haematite, H: 2,25 cm AO 22320
#08021523

Cylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian. Offering scene. Deity on...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period. A hero with sickle-like weapon (harpe), fighting a griffin; another figure carrying a dead moufflon and hare. Cornelian, H: 3,3 cm AO 9040
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Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period. A hero with sickle-like...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period. Hunt by centaurs with bow and arrow. Agate, H: 4,3 cm AO 22342
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Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period. Hunt by centaurs with bo...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian period. Deity with a vase from which flows the water of life; the god (identified by his horned crown) stands on a bull. Before him a worshipper,followed by a goddess. Haematite, H: 2,6 cm AO 2333
#08021526

Cylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian period. Deity with a vase from w...

Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in Cappadocia, 19th-17th BCE. Quadriga, bull-idols and nude heroes carrying astral insignia. Haematite, H: 3 cm AO 22336
#08021527

Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in...

Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in Cappadocia, 19th-17th BCE. Worshippers before a female deity. Haematite, H: 2,1 cm AO 9154
#08021528

Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in...

Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in Cappadocia, 19th-17th BCE. Upper register:rows of animals separated by a geometric design; below: Frieze of animals and human heads. Haematite, H: 1.8 cm AO 6177
#08021529

Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Hittite, 15th BCE. Scene of worship between two ornamental borders. Haematite, H: 3,8 cm AO 1180
#08021530

Cylinder seal and imprint, Hittite, 15th BCE. Scene of worship between...

Cylinder seal with knob; Ivriz, god of thunderstorms approaches the Great Goddess who lifts her veil. A deity surrounded by flames (the sun-god) escapes from a mountain in which he was imprisoned. 15th Haematite, H: 4,5 cm AO 20138
#08021531

Cylinder seal with knob; Ivriz, god of thunderstorms approaches the Great God...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian period. Offering scene. Haematite, H: 2,,4 cm AO 22314
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Cylinder seal and imprint, Paleo-Babylonian period. Offering scene....

Cylinder seal and imrpint, Syro-Hittite, 12th BCE. Deity standing on a bull facing another deity on a horse-like animal. From Northern Syria. Haematite, AO 558
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Cylinder seal and imrpint, Syro-Hittite, 12th BCE. Deity standing on a bull...