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Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 6-19569, described as Stone, rectangular seal, whitish with some green, perforated for stringing. Possible fake.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-13371, described as Seal; bronze crouched lion dog with raised swirling tail and open mouth. Coin sized base is crudely rounded. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 3.2 cm., 3 cm high.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-17417, described as Stamp seal.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1938, described as Steatite cylinder bead, engraved figures. [Handwritten on card: Condition - badly worn.] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ritual scene - Worshipper is lead by minor deity to enthroned deity holding an object in the hand. In the field between the two standing figures is a bird; between the two deities is a crescent. Horned serpent behind seated deity. Blank area, probably once containing an inscription behind the snake; Ur III] (See catalogue card for additional written information) [Handwritten on card: References - cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #768 (crowns - UrIII/Isin-Larsa); 669 (Akkadian?)]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-17389, described as Stamp seal.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-17355, described as Ring seal. Quartz: chalcedony. Female figure, standing. Figure in right profile (possibly frontal?), one a base line and wearing horizontally pleated skirt with faint traces of a long cape. Hair bound with fillet and a single braid hangs downward. Two legs are show giving figure a frontal with fillet appearance with the head turned in profile. Right arm is bent, left arm unclear suggesting a profile stance. It is unclear if something is being held. Stone color: opaque sand-stone, wavy transparent banding though figure. Condition: carved surface smooth. Chips on back of ring and larger chips at perforation hole on each side.
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 6-1153, described as Seal, round, in dark green glaze; diameter 9 mm
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 6-14539, described as metal disc with loop on one side, possibly a seal, diameter 2 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5214, described as Cylinder seal: mottled gray stone [mottled gray stone - crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: impure limestone], lions attacking horned animals, one human, Babylonian. Photo: 13-5579-80 [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: contest frieze. Nude hero attacking an animal which is assailing another animal engaged in combat with one of two overlapped lions. The second lion is attacking a third animal. Unfinished scorpion in field by man's right shoulder] [Handwritten on card: impure limestone, stained. Worn, chipped at edges. Nude hero attacks animals which assails animal attacked by one of two crossed lions. Second lion attacks animals. Leaf (?) and looped rope (snake?) behind hero; Style: ED III. References: Frankfort, H. 1939. Cylinder seals. A documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. London: Macmillan and Co., pl. XII.C - animals (note parallel - fake or copy?), XII.A - male figure, XV.G - plant]
Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-17364, described as Stamp seal. Truncated spheroid. Quartz: agate. Gayomard with dog. Quasi-human figure depicted with nude hairy body with lion-like head. His stance is frontal with spread legs and arms extended; each hand grasps a staff. Ears, eyes, protruding tongue and genitalia are shown. Color: ice. White striation placed so that it becomes an icey landscape for the figure. Condition: Impression edge somewhat smoothed from wear as well as chipped. One larger chip near top edge. Back side has six large cuts in stone and several small chips.

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