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Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-1792, described as Clay cone, cuneiform inscribed; flaring base; diameter: 7 cm; height: 28 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-1798, described as Cuneiform tablet: 11 x 11 x 1 1/2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-1767, described as Yellow clay tablet; picture inscription

Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-1766, described as a yellow clay tablet, picture inscription, a brick, unbaked

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 9-5212, described as Cylinder seal, white shell [shell crossed out; handwritten on card: calemous stone]: Lions attacking horned animals, one human. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal, bone. Condition: surface damaged, one chip on upper edge (1x1cm irregular). Areas of iron oxide stain. Early Dynastic III. Contest scene: skirted hero holds horned animals, each stylized in a different manner. These animals have their heads turned backward and each is attacked by a lion. Between the two lions is a rampant horned animal.] [Handwritten on card: References - cf. Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections I. The collection of the Pierpont-Morgan Library, The Bollingen Series XIV. Washington: Pantheon. #82, vol. 1, pg 12; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, Oriental Institute Publications, 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #255, #470 & 875 for treatment of animals, ED II]

Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5256, described as Cylinder seal: hematite [hematite crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: lapis lazuli and chert], Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card], human between two horned animals with lion attacking left. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 22 x 10 mm. Chip on upper edge. Contest freize: Hero clasping two antelopes, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Upside down serpent bites right foot of the lion, 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 9-5234, 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 9-5214, described as Cylinder seal: mottled gray stone [mottled gray stone - crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: impure limestone], lions attacking horned animals, one human, Babylonian. Photo: 13-5579-80 [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: contest frieze. Nude hero attacking an animal which is assailing another animal engaged in combat with one of two overlapped lions. The second lion is attacking a third animal. Unfinished scorpion in field by man's right shoulder] [Handwritten on card: impure limestone, stained. Worn, chipped at edges. Nude hero attacks animals which assails animal attacked by one of two crossed lions. Second lion attacks animals. Leaf (?) and looped rope (snake?) behind hero; Style: ED III. References: Frankfort, H. 1939. Cylinder seals. A documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. London: Macmillan and Co., pl. XII.C - animals (note parallel - fake or copy?), XII.A - male figure, XV.G - plant]