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A Cylinder Seal from Syria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

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Sir Leonard Woolley found last year at Al Mina in the surface soil an interesting cylinder seal. It is published, but without comment, in J.H.S. 1938, pl. xv. It is now in the British Museum, numbered 126064 (Plate I, 2).

It is of whitish chalcedony, 1½ inches high. The design, which is marred by a chip in the middle, falls into three parts and represents a scene of worship. In the left of the impression is a large figure of a worshipper; in the centre, a kneeling man upholding a winged deity; and on the right, a shrine before which the other two actions are imagined happening. Above are various divine symbols.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1939

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