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CUA Stamp Seals
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Material, Size, Condition
seals 12-29, 31, 33-36, 38-45, 49-50 perforated for suspension
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Design Note
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| 12.Scaraboid. |
Grey chalcedony. 1.5 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm. Broken at top. |
Seated deity, wearing long robe, holds a stick or scepter.
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| 13.Six-sided cone. |
Grey chalcedony. 3.0 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm. |
Priest or deity, wearing long robe, stands and extends his hands to an altar with symbols of gods Marduk and Nabu. Above the scene appears an eight-rayed star. |
| 14.Eight-sided cone. |
Grey chalcedony. 3.0 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm. |
Priest or deity, wearing long robe, stands and extends his hands to an altar with symbols of gods Marduk and Nabu.
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| 30.Stamp seal with handle |
White chalcedony. 1.2 x 0.8 cm. |
Eight-rayed star.
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| 31.Ellipsoid. |
White chalcedony. 1.6 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm. |
Stylized flower. |
| 32.Stamp seal with handle. |
Red jaspis. 1.3 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm. |
Base decoration of a central point from which radiate twelve rays.
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| 33.Cone. |
White chalcedony. 1.7 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm. |
Eight-rayed star above what may be a fire altar.
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| 34.Ellipsoid. |
Lt. brown chalcedony. 2.1 x 1.0 x 1.3 cm. |
Stylized flower.
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| 35.Dome |
Brown chalcedony. 1.4 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm. |
Stylized flower.
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| 36.Four-sided cone. |
White chalcedony. 1.8 x 1.1 x 1.3 cm. Broken at base
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Crescent above what may be a fire altar. |
| 37.Bezel (cabochon). |
Carnelian. 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm. |
Scorpion.
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| 38.Ellipsoid. |
Blue chalcedony. 1.4 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm. |
Stylized flower. |
| 39.Ellipsoid. |
Carnelian. 1.4 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm. |
Bird pecking ground to right. |
| 40.Ellipsoid. |
Brown chalcedony. 1.6 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm. |
Bird with raised wings to right. |
| 41. Ellipsoid. |
Blue chalcedony. 1.5 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm. |
Duck standing to right. |
| 42. Ellipsoid. |
Carnelian. 1.2 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm. |
Bird with raised wings to right. |
| 43. Ellipsoid. |
Brown chalcedony. 1.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm. |
Scorpion. |
| 44.Cube. |
Serpentine. 1.5 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm. |
Side 1: Maltese cross within circle. Side 2: Stag leaping to right. |
| 45.Scaraboid. |
Grey chalcedony. 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm. Broken. |
Winged deity. Perhaps earlier Persian work.
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| 46.Bezel (cabochon) |
Carnelian. 1.2 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm. |
Figure of Artemis of Ephesus standing with arms extended. Two ibexes at her feet lifting their heads up to her and to objects trailing down from her hands. |
| 47.Bezel (cabochon) |
Carnelian. 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.15 cm.
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Figure of a Nike extending a crown. [Missing--1979].
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| 48.Bezel (cabochon) |
Brown carnelian. 1.6 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm. |
In the middle a tree with a stag or ibex facing it on both sides.
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| 49.Conical four-sided stamp seal. |
Blue chalcedony. 1.7 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm. |
Man seated in a chair with two men standing before him; all with arms raised. In background an eight-rayed star and rectangle filled with two lines. |
| 50.Egyptian scarab. |
Brown steatite. 2.0 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm. |
Base shows a king wearing the crown of Upper Egypt striding to the left. Several short inscriptions. New Kingdom. Ramesside period.
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