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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
883–612 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia
Medium/Technique
Gray chalcedony
Dimensions
Overall: 3.3 x 1.4 cm (1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1422
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Assyrian, Early modeled Style. Two bird-headed beings ("apkallu's"/antediluvian sages) holding cone (mulillu/purifier) and bucket (banduddu) flank and fertilize "sacred tree" surmounted by winged sun-disk (Assur disk). Inscription to left of tree, spade symbol of Marduk (the marru) to right of tree, bird and plant in field. Star above bird-headed being at right, crescent above the one at left.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)