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An intaglio black, hematite object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with an image of a rabbit on the top and a lion on the bottom. Both of their front legs are raised.

Cylinder Seal: Figure Holding a Crook Faces a Female Deity; Antelope, Griffin, and Lions"

Syrian

Figure wearing a round cap and a fringed mantle, and carrying a staff stands before a seminude goddess; two opposing lions below an antelope and a griffin flanking a tree.

Hematite

Old Syrian period

Seals