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Ancient Near Eastern Seals from my collection

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A Neo-Babylonian/Neo-Assyrian octogonal stamp seal (grey chalcedony 2.7 cm) with a worshipper scene. See picture with a parallel seal from an American private collection (bottom, right side).
A similar octagonal stamp seal with a worshipper scene was found in Tell Taanach, Israel. It can be attributed to a stratum that belongs to the time of the Assyrian occupation, and can be dated to the late 8th or first half of the 7th century B.C. (see A.D. Tushingham, A "Neo Babylonian" seal from Tell Taanach, 1992)
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Two more seals of this group (chalcedony 2.5 and 2.9 cm)
The seal on the left side depicts the usual worshipper scene. The other one depicts a simplified winged solar disk, a symbol of the god Assur.
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This bell-shaped seal (bronze 1.6 cm) depicts a bust of a man (god?). It was found in Turkey. It's an Urartian seal, 8./7. century B.C. Seals depicting busts and vis a vis faces are extremely rare. Urartu was a kingdom in the area of the Lake Van in East Turkey. Urartu was the main enemy of Assyria. Urartian colonies existed in Armenia and Iran. See picture with parallels from Karmir Blur in Armenia.
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Three more bell shaped Urartian bronze seals. (1.7cm / 1.7cm / 1.5cm) The seal on the left depicts a winged deity. See below a parallel from the Assyrian palace in Kalhu (modern Nimrud). The other two seals refer to the Moon god Sin. His cult center was in Harran in South-East Anatolia.
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