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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]