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Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-2261, described as Cylinder seal; green stone [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: and clay (possibly serpentine)] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ritual scene: supplicant deity facing figure with arms outstretched toward tree. In field: upside down crescent behind deity; cuneiform sign adjacent to tree trunk. Three columns of inscription. Possibly a forgery based on the stylization of the tree and the design of the robes. Inscription is in reverse direction as are some wedges of cuneiform. Neo-Babylonian] Typed remarks: original label: "Green stone Babylonian seal. Two figures before sacred tree. Name of the scribe. Found in Assyria. 800 BC
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5259, described as Cylinder seal: shell, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card] between two animals, lion attacking right from trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 19 x 9 mm. Contest freize: Hero in center is clasping two animals with heads turned back, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Tree. Fossil shell. Early Akkadian.]
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5250, described as Cylinder seal: coral, with fishes in three registers caught in nets. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Jemdet Nasr. 25 x 12 mm. Three columns of superimposed fish; each column divided by a ladder design. Pink marble]
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5255, described as Cylinder seal: grey stone, Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh crossed out on card], two humans in combat with lion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card: scene of lion rampant attacked by two nude heros (one has belt). Scene terminal: vertical line, greenish-black serpentine, worn, pitted. Style: Akkadian. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, 175; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #722] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ur III. 22.5 x 10.5 mm. Nude hero in combat with standing lion, head turned back, who is attacked from behind by a second nude hero. Behind this hero is a vertical serpent with open mouth. Serpentine, greenish black. References: Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, nos. 272, also 270 and 271]
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5257, described as Cylinder seal: hematite (?), Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card], two lions attacking two horned animals. Babylonian.[9-5257 and 9-5258 form a group and have the same catalogue card] [Handwritten on card: 9-5257: black magnesite (?).17 x 9.5 mm. Contest: two antelopes contesting, each attacked from behind by a lion; lions' tails cross. Style: Akkadian. References:Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #510 (Akkadian), #635 (ED or Akkadian), *#680] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 9-5257 & 9-5258. 16.5 x 9.5 mm. Contest freize: Two antelopes being attacked by two lions. Fine grained metamorphic stone, black. Akkadian.]
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-2259, described as Cylinder seal; black stone. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Obsidian. Two supplicant goddesses flanking an inscription. Kneeling figure beneath bow legged dwarf in field. Inscription: UM-MI!?? - LUM!?? PN....... dumu da-a-BI-LUH son of PN........ ir gir.nergal! servant of PN........] [Handwritten on card: References - cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, # 921 (OB), #917 (OB), for dwarf # 927 (I-L) ] Typed remarks: original label: "Babylonian stone seal found in Lower Mesopotamia. Period of the Ur Dynasty 2400-2100 BC. Represents the Goddess Ishtar bestowing a blessing. Name of owner stating he is a scribe.
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 9-1947, described as Cylindrical bead. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Two very minor chips on upper edge; one very small chip on lower edge. From left: standing suppliant figure behind deity with mace; these two face a standing deity. In field: crescent between the two deities; cuneiform sign of uncertain significance behind god with mace. Hematite. Old Babylonian.]
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 9-5251, described as Cylinder seal: yellowish, byre door with animal. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Jemdet Nasr. 13 x 10 mm. Goat before a shrine. Buff with pink marble]

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