A SUMERIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH BRONZE CAP, showing two seated goddesses, one holding a double-headed mace in her left hand, the other being presented with an animal offering by a worshipper who holds the animal in his arms, two seated female figures behind him hold curved 'wands', a scorpion(?), crescent moon, star and dot in the field, mid-3rd millennium B.C., 2.4cm. long; an Akkadian black stone cylinder seal showing a contest scene, with a standing hero in conflict with a pair of crossed bull-men and a pair of crossed lions, a ball-and-staff and 'pot' in the field, late 3rd millennium B.C., 1.9cm. high; and a veined creamy pink calcite cylinder seal showing a presentation scene, with a goddess with both hands raised, standing behind a bare-headed worshipper who clasps both hands in front, facing a deified king who holds a mace(?) in his right hand, a seated dog in the field, early 2nd millennium B.C., 1.8cm. high (3)
A SUMERIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH BRONZE CAP, showing two seated goddesses, one holding a double-headed mace in her left hand, the other being presented with an animal offering by a worshipper who holds the animal in his arms, two seated female figures behind him hold curved 'wands', a scorpion(?), crescent moon, star and dot in the field, mid-3rd millennium B.C., 2.4cm. long; an Akkadian black stone cylinder seal showing a contest scene, with a standing hero in conflict with a pair of crossed bull-men and a pair of crossed lions, a ball-and-staff and 'pot' in the field, late 3rd millennium B.C., 1.9cm. high; and a veined creamy pink calcite cylinder seal showing a presentation scene, with a goddess with both hands raised, standing behind a bare-headed worshipper who clasps both hands in front, facing a deified king who holds a mace(?) in his right hand, a seated dog in the field, early 2nd millennium B.C., 1.8cm. high (3)
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