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5,202 photos
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
#08021524

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
#08021525

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period. Hunt by centaurs with bo...

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.     
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 imrpint, Syro-Hittite, 12th BCE.     
Deity standing on a bull facing another deity on a     
horse-like animal. From Northern Syria.                
Haematite,                                             
AO 558
#08021533

Cylinder seal and imrpint, Syro-Hittite, 12th BCE. Deity standing on a bull...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Kassite period,16th-12th BCE
Horse-sacrifice to a deity.                            
Rose Agate                                             
AO
#08021536

Cylinder seal and imprint, Kassite period,16th-12th BCE Horse-sacrifice to a dei...

Cylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian      
merchant settlements in Cappadocia, end 19th-18th BCE. 
Offerings brought to a seated deity; a bull-idol.      
Haematite, H: 1,7 cm                                   
AO 4775
#08021539

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

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian.                   
Two figures around an altar; above the altar a solar   
disk with wings; a god on a bull.                      
Agate, H: 3 cm                                         
AO 22347
#08021542

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian. Two figures around an al...

Seal and imprint, Assyrian, 9th-6th BCE.Cultic scene,  
a man and a geni around the horned dragon, symbol of   
the gods Marduk and Nabu.                              
Cornelian, H: 2,4 cm                                   
AO 22346
#08021543

Seal and imprint, Assyrian, 9th-6th BCE.Cultic scene, a man and a geni around...

Stamp seal from Tepe Gaura, Ubaid culture.             
A headless figure in a long robe holds his arms        
outstretched above a goat-like animal.                 
Terracotta, 3,2 cm across.                             
DAO 7
#08021545

Stamp seal from Tepe Gaura, Ubaid culture. A headless figure in a l...

Stamp-seal, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE.               
A hero fighting a winged bull.                         
Blue Chalcedony, H:3,4 cm                              
AO 25016
#08021547

Stamp-seal, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. A hero fighting a winged...

Cylinder seal and imprint: herd of cattle passing      
through a field, symbolized by ears of corn.           
Stone, 3,8 x 2,3 cm                                    
MNB 1906
#08021549

Cylinder seal and imprint: herd of cattle passing through a field, symboli...