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Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5236, described as Cylinder seal: long reddish gray limestone [long reddish gray limestone crossed out on card; handwritten on card: chert or jasper, ochre] with rampant animal between trees. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card: badly worn, rampant animal facing tree, flanked by trees. In field: star (?), lozenge. Style: trans Mid Assyrian to Neo - Assyrian. References: Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum I. Cylinder Seals. Oxford: Clarendon P., #572] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Middle Assyrian. Cylinder seal. Well worn. From left: an animal standing on its hind legs with its head turned back; a rapacious bird with outstretched wings in vertical position; a tree. In field: a star and lozenge ]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5247, described as Cylinder seal: hematite [hematite crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: jasper or chert, brownish black ], inscribed Shamash and Ai, three full and one half figures with moon, wedge and bee in field. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Old Babylonian. 19.5 x 12 mm. From left to right: Standing figure; nude female dwarf; suppliant figure facing diety with mace (?). In field sun and crescent over nude female; spade Marduk in front of god; "v" shaped symbol over hand of suppliant figure. Inscription: d samas d A-a Samas Aja]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5216, described as Cylinder seal: large mottled gray [large mottled gray crossed out; handwritten on card: banded gray jasper], lion attacking horned animal; Babylonian. Photo: 13-5579-80 [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal. Chipped and worn. A rampant caprid crosses a human headed bull which fights a lion to the right. The caprid is in combat with a second rampant caprid with head turned back. Behind this animal is an upright figure] [Handwritten on card: badly worn. Two animals fighting, one crosses a human headed bull, also in combat with a lion. Mouflon assailed by nude hero flanked by part of a starburst or plant; Style - ED III; Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, Oriental Institute Publications, 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #271 (EDIII), #502 (EDIIIa - human headed bull)]

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