Culture or time period: Early Dynastic III (ca. 2700–2340 BC) / Materials: Limestone - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 9-5261, described as Cylinder seal: half, white stone [white stone crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: limestone], shows very early linear seal cutting. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Limestone. Broken vertically in antiquity (interior surface worn); less than one-half of seal remaining. 30 x 14 mm. From left: bearded figure with braided (?) hair, full figure with head turned to the left, carrying triangular object on head which is supported by the right hand. A tassel hangs from his waist. A human-headed bull approaches the first figure with right hand raised and left hand holding a rope. A large potted plant between the two figures. ED III.]

Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5234, described as Cylinder seal: milky crystal, two bovines grazing, three other animals, bird, and a human in the field [all crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: From left: Antithetical bulls on either side of plant; above each bull an unidentified animal with a long tail; above animal on the left, a motif consisting of three diamond shapes; above animal on right antelope couchant with head turned back. To the right a human figure with staff in the right hand, holding an object in the left hand; girdle around the waist with a dagger (?) suspended. Below the figure a stool. Above the figure a large bird, possibly a griffin vulture, with outstretched wings. References: Jequier, G. "Cachets et cylindres archaiques" Memoires de la delegation archeologique en Iran, vol. 8, Paris, 1905, pl. 1. figure 22 - for diamond motif; figure 55 - for stylization of the man] Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Prehistoric (archaic) period, provincial provenance, most probably southern Iran. Style similar to that found on cylinder seals from the archaic period at Susa] [Handwritten on card: Alabaster? Style: ED III. Looks suspicious ......fake? Center: Two bovris face plant, each animal (dog?) standing on its back, small horned animal above right, three.....[pointed crossed out ] star (?) above and left. herdsman (?) with a stick in hand faces to left between backs of two bovris, bird above herdman - for bird see Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, Oriental Institute Publications, 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #293, see # 684 for animals around tree (Akkadian), #219 (Protoliterate or ED I,............) #33, #841, flower #32 - not number of petals but angularity, #882, a bird - not very like (EDI), #905, male figure, not very like; Porada, Edith. (ed) 1948. Corpus of ancient Near Eastern seals in North American collections, #97-102].