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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 9-16980, 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 9-16978, described as Cylinder seal; striding figure, possibly a man drinking from a pot through a long straw; walking animal, possibly a goat; a plant, possibly potted and possibly an animal head in upper field. Longitudinal drill hole is large. Heavily worn. Carved jet. Includes modern cast impression. Length 2.6 cm. Diameter 1.1 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16979, described as Cylinder seal; standing figure, possibly a man, with flat crown and pointed beard; long skirt with vertical draping. Faint lines on rest of seal; large drill hole; heavily worn. Man is holding oval item in hand. Red and black stone, possibly jasper. Possibly Achaeminid period. Length 2.3 cm; diameter 0.9 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16972, described as Cylinder seal; standing goat and kneeling man in Right profile on opposite sides of a tree; goat has drilled eyes. Vertical panel with diagonal lines reaches from single incised lines around top and bottom of cylinder. Longitudinal drill hole. Use of drill shows Mitanni influence. Middle Elamite, second half o 2nd millennium BC. Length 1.8 cm; diameter 0.85 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16973, described as Cylinder seal; single incised line around top and bottom; three-circle guilloches at top; tree with drilled branch tips; two standing figures with long fringed garments; two possible bulls with crossed tails sit rum to rump with heads turned backwards. The men face the tree. Longitudinal drill hole. Frit or white stone. Elamite or Mitanni. Length 2.3 cm; diameter 1.1 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16976, described as Cylinder sea; two standing human figures with long skirts face each other; possibly a small tree between them; two vertical columns of script. Longitudinal hole. Yellow jasper. Includes modern cast impression. Length 2.3 cm; diameter 1.3 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16970, described as Cylinder seal; two standing men and three goats standing on their hind legs; men with padded hats and flounced skirts. One man carries a staff/spear. Single incised line around top and bottom of cylinder. Longitudinal drill hole, small. Length 2.7 cm; diameter 1.2 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16971, described as Cylinder seal; carving with drill-work; two goats/deer couchant looking back over their shoulders; tree with drill holes in between. Sphere suspended behind one animal's head. Large drill hole for suspension. Single incised line at top and bottom. Mitanni influence in tree and use of drill. Possibly Middle Elamite, 2nd millennium BC. Length 2.1 cm; diameter 1 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-16977, described as Cylinder seal; standing man before seated figure, possibly a deity holding a cup; bird and crescent moon in between figures. Large goat/ibex with crescent moon and tree, possibly a pine tree. Longitudinal hole. Jet stone. Elamite 2nd millennium BC. Includes modern cast impression. Length 2.5 cm; diameter 1.35 cm.

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