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Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1924, described as Seal with inscription. Cylindrical bead. Old Babylonian. From left: god with mace, suppliant goddess and worshipper all facing deity in ascending posture who holds a saw in his hand. In field a crescent between deity and worshipper. One line inscription between the dieties. Inscription: d nin.subur Nin-subur. Condition: Excellent cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #939 (Late Larsa, Old Babylonian), 941 (Old Babylonian).
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.
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 9-1923, described as Suppliant goddess behind god with mace facing standing diety. In field, cross-shaped star and mongoose (?). Behind suppliant goddess remains of inscription now essentially erased. Condition: Chip on upper edge. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, p.772, 908.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5269, described as Mottled stone, engraved, coil of rope (?). [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Pink marble. Stamp seal, drilled horizontally for suspension; hemispherical shape. 28.5 x 23 mm. Drilled spiral motif on bottom side. Proto-literate. Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. New Haven, no 42 a,b]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5270, described as Stamp: reddish stone, engraved, six dots. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Stamp seal. 23 x 21 x 9.5 mm. Perforated horizontally; round with concave top. Six drilled areas on the flat surface, brick red marble. Proto-literate. References: Amiet, Pierre, 1972. Glyptique Susienne, Paris. vol. II, pl. 55].
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1926, described as Fragment of cylindrical bead of diabase. Old Babylonian. Figure of a worshipper behind a partially preserved figure (part of head, body and entire arm). In field pot above ball staff. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #952 (Isin-Larsa) For long pole like object in the field: cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #781, 939, 905 - a "libra", p.41e
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 9-5246, described as Cylinder seal: small black stone, inscribed, two figures with tree between. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 1.9 x 0.7 mm. Worn surface. Confronted supplicant deities flank potted tree (?). Inscription: DI.NA.NA PN...... dam [da? - x] .......... Serpentine, greenish black. Ur III (per Professor Richard Zettler, University of Chicago). References: von der Osten, Hans Henning. 1934. Ancient oriental seals in the collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago press., #160 - dates seal archaic or Sumerian]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5244, described as Cylinder seal: hematite, three full and one half figure, bear, fish, bar and (?) in field. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 16 x 7 mm. Condition: Loss along side of seal 10 x 5 mm; chip on lower edge. From left: Personage behind standing diety (now partially lost), facing diety is worshipper and deity; ball staff in front of worshipper; staff with animal head behind deity. Fine-grained stone, grayish-black. Old Babylonian]

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