AN URARTIAN BLACK SERPENTINE STAMP-CYLINDER SEAL
AN URARTIAN BLACK SERPENTINE STAMP-CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA 800-650 B.C.

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AN URARTIAN BLACK SERPENTINE STAMP-CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 800-650 B.C.
The conical cylinder with two registers, the registers divided by a line, the upper register with three winged monsters threatening a lion, its head turned back, a spade and a crescent in the field, the lower register with three winged composite creatures, with human bodies and bird heads, separated by trees, line borders above and below, the underside with a winged solar disk with two streamers hanging from it, with four undecifered script symbols below, a perforated suspension loop above
39 X 19 mm

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