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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Scaraboid Engraved on Both Sides: Side A: Deity (Moon God Sin?) with Scepter in Crescent Device, Side B: Various Symbols, Goat Standing upon a Rosette, Spade of Marduk

Place FoundIraq, Asia

CultureMesopotamian, Assyrian

PeriodNeo-Assyrian Empire

Datemid 8th-late 7th Century BCE

MediumChalcedony

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin

Dimensions13/16 x 11/16 x 5/16 in. (2 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm)

Object number2012.032.100

ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, acquired June 10, 1996.

Status

Not on view

Collections

Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

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Tabloid Stamp Seal Engraved on Both Sides: Side A: Ibex at Bush (?) with Crescent and Rosettes(?) in the Field, Side B: "Whirl" of Two Spread-Winged Birds and Ibex and Mouflon Head

8th-late 7th Century BCE

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Tabloid Bead Inscribed on Both Sides, One Perhaps Invoking Bastet

722-332 BCE

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Large Round Mould Decorated on Both Sides

1600-1200 BCE

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Street Scene with Buildings on Both Sides

19th Century

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Conoid Stamp Seal: on the Base, a Long-Necked Animal Reclining before a Censer and a Staff (?), on One Side, a Worshipper Carrying a Small Offering, the Moon Above

800-600 BCE

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Pyramidal Stamp Seal: Worshipper before Altar with Deity Symbols of Wedge and Nebu and Thymiaterion-Like Object

7th-mid 6th Century BCE

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Conoid Stamp Seal with Priest or Worshipper Holding Two Staff Like Objects Standing before an Altar Mounted with Staff Symbols (?), Groundline, Crescent above in the Field

7th-mid 6th Century BCE

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Pedestal Bowl with Flaring Sides

750-1550 CE

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Standing Female Figure with Partial Headdress and Arms at Sides

ca. 1150-300 BCE

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Tripod Bowl with Concave Sides and Abstract Imagery

ca. 1000-1350 CE

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Bowl with Flaring Sides

600-950 CE

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Amuletic Bead with Engravings on Four Sides: Eagle on Circular Altar, Osiris as Canopic Jar, Cornucopia with Globe and Trident, and Woman Holding Two Stick-Like Objects/Torches (Diana Lucifera or Demeter?)

2nd Century CE

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