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Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5254, described as Cylinder seal: gray stone [gray stone crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: limestone], Gilgamesh [crossed out on card] in combat with two menheaded bulls and Enkidu [crossed out on card] in combat with a horned animal. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Worn, chip on upper edge. Contest freize: bearded nude hero flanked by two human headed bulls. Adjacent scene: nude hero in contest with bull whose head is turned back. Akkadian ]
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5260, described as Cylinder seal: half, white stone, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card], shows method of engraving by drilling. Babylonian [Babylonian crossed out on card]. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Limestone. Split vertically; one half now lost. 28 x 21 mm. From left: contest freize: Leopard attacking a stag which is also being assailed by a lion. The lion crosses over the figure of a human-headed bull. ED III].
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5261, described as Cylinder seal: half, white stone [white stone crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: limestone], shows very early linear seal cutting. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Limestone. Broken vertically in antiquity (interior surface worn); less than one-half of seal remaining. 30 x 14 mm. From left: bearded figure with braided (?) hair, full figure with head turned to the left, carrying triangular object on head which is supported by the right hand. A tassel hangs from his waist. A human-headed bull approaches the first figure with right hand raised and left hand holding a rope. A large potted plant between the two figures. ED III.]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5248, described as Cylinder seal: small greenish crystal, with fishes (?) in three registers. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Condition - One chip at edge, worn. 22 x 13 mm. Three rows of short lines. Limestone. Jemdet Nasr]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5242, described as Cylinder seal: crystal presentation scene, inscription erased before burial. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 30 x 16 mm. Worn. Starting from left: suppliant goddess behind worshipper holding an animal (goat?) in front of a deity with one foot forward. Remains of encasing which probably contained an inscription. Chalcedony. Old Babylonian]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5234, described as Cylinder seal: milky crystal, two bovines grazing, three other animals, bird, and a human in the field [all crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: From left: Antithetical bulls on either side of plant; above each bull an unidentified animal with a long tail; above animal on the left, a motif consisting of three diamond shapes; above animal on right antelope couchant with head turned back. To the right a human figure with staff in the right hand, holding an object in the left hand; girdle around the waist with a dagger (?) suspended. Below the figure a stool. Above the figure a large bird, possibly a griffin vulture, with outstretched wings. References: Jequier, G. "Cachets et cylindres archaiques" Memoires de la delegation archeologique en Iran, vol. 8, Paris, 1905, pl. 1. figure 22 - for diamond motif; figure 55 - for stylization of the man] Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Prehistoric (archaic) period, provincial provenance, most probably southern Iran. Style similar to that found on cylinder seals from the archaic period at Susa] [Handwritten on card: Alabaster? Style: ED III. Looks suspicious ......fake? Center: Two bovris face plant, each animal (dog?) standing on its back, small horned animal above right, three.....[pointed crossed out ] star (?) above and left. herdsman (?) with a stick in hand faces to left between backs of two bovris, bird above herdman - for bird see Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, Oriental Institute Publications, 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #293, see # 684 for animals around tree (Akkadian), #219 (Protoliterate or ED I,............) #33, #841, flower #32 - not number of petals but angularity, #882, a bird - not very like (EDI), #905, male figure, not very like; Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, #97-102].
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5213, described as Cylinder seal: yellow limestone, large [crossed out on card], guilloche patterns [crossed out on card], Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Condition - Damaged area in center. Borders of zig-zag; double ellipses in center. Yellow limestone] [Handwritten on card: Condition - worn, chipped on one side. Row of two lozenges, each with lozenge inscribed (sys?) and cross-hatched triangles, enclosed by parallel lines, broken on one side, top and bottom: zig zag. bordered on outside by line parallel to the edge of the sealstone. Style: Jamdat Nasr period. References: Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, Oriental Institute Publications, 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #211 (Jamdat Nasr - Khafaje), #833 (Jamdat Nasr - Asmar)]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5263, described as Stamp. Red stone [crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: pink limestone], flat, rectangular, two animal figures. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 31 x 30 mm. Two crouching animals facing right. The bodies of the animals consist of three drillings to which short incisions are attached to designate the heads and legs. Jemdet Nasr]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5243, described as Cylinder seal: veined white stone, seated human holding bovine in leash, winged geometrical figure on bull's back. Babylonian [Babylonian crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 23.5 x 13 mm. Seated deity holds cord linked with nose of kneeling bull which carries a winged gate on its back. In field: crescent over diety's extended hands; plant in front of bull. Limestone or possible lithified tooth]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1927, described as Ivory-like" bead: Jemdet Nasr. Patterns formed by parallel and criss-cross lines and drillings, possibly two stylized birds. Linear borders with V pattern along upper edge. Condition: broken off at one end. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #209, 350, 406 References for Jemdet Nasr: Porada, E. Corpus of Near Eastern Seals, Pl. VI. No 35, 36 and 40. P. R. S. Moorey and O. R. Gurney, 1978. Ancient Near-Eastern cylinder seals acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1963-1973. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. Iraq, no.13 Vollenweider, Marie-Louise, 1967.Catalogue raisonné des sceaux cylindres et intailles, Vol. 1. Genève: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève. 6, 11, 26.

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