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: Hearst Museum object titled Seal, museum number 9-1948, described as seal-ring head, dome shaped. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: stamp seal, dome. Motif: Ram couchant to the right, possibly with ribbons around the neck. Two dashes on either side of the head. Jasper, Sasanian, 5th century AD. References: References: Bivar, A.D.H. 1969. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum, Stamp Seals II. London: Published for The Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press. Seal EQ1 and EP5 ]
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: Hearst Museum object titled Seal, museum number 9-1945, described as Cylindrical bead. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Chip at top. Contest freize. Hero clasping two antelopes being attacked by lions at either side. Plant (?) behind lions. Jasper, black with brown zones. Akkadian]
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: Hearst Museum object titled Seal, museum number 9-1946, described as Cylindrical bead. Ritual scene. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: From left: vertical line behind a seated figure holding flail (?) in right hand and left hand raised facing figure with clasped hand; star in field between two figures. To the right of these figures is a scene with seated diety holding a cup in right hand. Facing him is a worshipper pouring libations from a cup held in his right hand over an altar (?); his left hand is raised to his mouth. A crescent in field between these two figures. Lapis lazuli, Akkadian] Negative and positive impressions made by R.F. Heizer, Oct 1950, Photo and negative of positive impression, 15-14200, 13-2490.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Seal, museum number 9-1944, described as Cylindrical bead. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Some copper carbonate stain, areas of degeneration and loss. Upper register from left: one pot; squatting figure milking (?) animal; sitting figure making pot (?). Lower register: sheperd wearing kilt, holding whip, walks behind three horned goats. In front of lead goat, filling both registers, a large bird above dog on hind legs. Material: Shell. Akkadian].
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: Hearst Museum object titled Seal, museum number 9-1943, described as Cylindrical bead. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal. Slightly worn surface. Vertical loss from bottom extending upward. Motif formed by parallel straight and curving lines. Antithetical horned animals leaping downward; bird with outstreched wings centered above the animals; two large crescents above one of the animal's heads. Material: Fossil shell. Post-Akkadian. References: Porada, Edith.1936. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in the North American collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell, no. 52]
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: Hearst Museum object titled Seal, museum number 9-1949, described as Seal-ring head, dome shaped. [Additional typing on card: Round shape; weight 3.3664 grams] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Motif: Priest standing before fire altar (?) looking to left at mountain sheep. Hematite. Sasanian, 5th c AD. References: References: Bivar, A.D.H. 1969. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum, Stamp Seals II. London: Published for The Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press, Seal CG3]
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: Hearst Museum object titled Seal, museum number 9-16974, described as Cylinder Seal; single incised line around top and bottom; standing human figures facing stylized tree with drilled tips; three-circle guilloche below reclining ibex/antelope looking back over shoulder at the small tree. Longitudinal drill hole. Possible blue faience. Middle Elamite. Length 2.7 cm; diameter 1.6 cm. Includes modern cast impression.
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