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An intaglio object made of orange-brown quartz in the shape of a narrow cylinder. It is engraved with the image of a person standing upright on a crouched four-legged animal. The person is wearing a long skirt and a head piece. Stars are shown behind and around their head.

Cylinder Seal: Deities and Worshipper

Mesopotamian

Beardless worshipper, presumably the seal owner, before two astral deities: a bearded deity with sword and two star-tipped bow cases holds a ring and stands on a mountain; on a lion behind him stands the goddess Ishtar with the same attributes.

Quartz

Neo-Assyrian period

Seals