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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
883–612 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 38 x 18 mm
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1662
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Assyrian drilled style. Goddess (Ishtar?) holding ringlet seated on throne upon back of couchant horned lion at center. Worshipper stands before her and "sundisk-pole" behind worshipper. Crescent and seven dots (the Pleiades) in the field between them. Behind goddess are another "sundisk-pole" and a bullman with bucket (banduddu). Rhombus, fish, stylus, and star in the field behind goddess.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)