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Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5262, described as Hemispheroid: hematite, engraved, pig. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Seal, stamp. Dome. Ht. 8mm. Face 16 x 15 mm. Motif: Stag walking to the right. Sasanian, 5th c. AD]

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 9-16975, described as Cylinder seal; running horned animals; long longitudinal hole. Smaller multi-legged animals floating in the field. Fish and possibly frogs. Glazed ceramic. Jemdet Nasr to Early Dynastic I. Includes modern cast impression. See Wiseman, Catalog of Western Asiatic Cylinder Seals in the British Museum, Plate 13d with a similar fish and Frankfort ...Cylinder Seals from the Diyala, #207 and #563.

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 9-1928, described as cylinder, Ur III presentation scene inscribed with name, Billaya Cataloq card: Clay cylinder seal, Ur, 3rd Dynasty (ca. 2,000 B.C.). Ritual scene. Worshipper lead by minor deity towards an enthroned deity. In the field a scorpion between the 2 standing figures; a bird and crescent between the 2 dieties. Behind the seated deity an encasing containing a minor deity between two columns of inscription. A presentation scene. Seated god receives worshipper led into his presence by his patron diety. Another god (figure on far left) is inside his shrine. Transcription/Translation (see catalogue card for correct accents on translation): Bil - la - a - a Bilaya Nu - úr - ì- lí son of Nur - ili cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #766 (Isin Larsa), 782, 890 (Ur III/Isin Larsa)

Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession 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]

Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16980, described as Cylinder seal; 4 columns of Sumarian inscription; large undecorated space (possibly the piece is incomplete). Contains the phrase "king of Ur...". Slightly worn. Small longitudinal hole. Bead (?). Carnelian; engraved. Iran (purchased). Votive (?). Porada, Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals, #295. L. 2.55 cm; Diam. 0.9 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1922, described as Cylindrical bead. Two lions with canine (?) heads flanking a boar. In flied winged sun disc above boar. Palm tree between the composite. (Catalogue card)

Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5265, described as End of hone carved animal head. Whetstone (?). One end broken and missing. Terminal in form of lioness head. Pierced for suspension. Stone, fore ground sedimentary, black.

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