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Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-2260, described as Cylinder seal; black stone. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Chert. Starting at left: Lion scimitar; figure with pail in left hand, holding sprinkler (?) in right hand stands behind diety with mace. The latter faces a figure with lion scimitar. Below scimitar is a mongoose, crescent in field above. Old Babylonian period] Typed remarks: original label: "Found in Southern Babylonia. A black stone seal cylinder engraved with a figure of a god, two priests and several animals. It dates from early Babylonian times, 2400 BC or earlier

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 9-1925, described as Cylindrical bead. Old Babylonian. 23 x 10.5 cm (2 different measurements on card, see below). Supplicant goddess facing left and part of a supplicant goddess facing left; blank space between with no trace of inscription. Condition: One half lost vertically. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #712, (Isin-Larsa) #908, 917 (Old Babylonian).