Cylinder seal with cultic scene late 9th - early 8th century Assyrian Seals of the early first millennium in Babylonia and Assyria were carved in the linear, drilled, cut, and modeled styles. The modeled style illustrated here derives from earlier Middle Assyrian seal carving and from the modeled sculpture in the palace of Sargon II (r. 721–705 ), king of Assyria at Khorsabad. This style was used predominantly on seals showing scenes of contest and this cylinder seal a statue of the goddess Ishtar stands on a platform within a canopied enclosure. Ishtar is identified b
Cylinder seal with cultic scene late 9th - early 8th century Assyrian Seals of the early first millennium in Babylonia and Assyria were carved in the linear, drilled, cut, and modeled styles. The modeled style illustrated here derives from earlier Middle Assyrian seal carving and from the modeled sculpture in the palace of Sargon II (r. 721–705 ), king of Assyria at Khorsabad. This style was used predominantly on seals showing scenes of contest and this cylinder seal a statue of the goddess Ishtar stands on a platform within a canopied enclosure. Ishtar is identified by crossed quivers, a starred crown, and stars encircling her body. Two winged genies protect the enclosure, while a kneeling figure Cylinder seal with cultic scene. Assyrian. late 9th - early 8th century Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz). Neo-Assyrian. Mesopotamia
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