Seals in Space and Time
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Cylinder seal
Weather-god: On the right hand of the scene, a weather-god is striding over two mountain peaks. He wears a horned crown and pigtail curls down his back. In his raised right hand he holds a mace, and in the other a battle ax and a spear pointing downwards. A male and a female god approach him with celestial symbols above (star, sun, and crescent). The scene depicts the Syrian storm-god Baal-Zaphon whose weapons create thunder and lightning.
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Date
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Late Bronze (1500-1200 B.C.)
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Material
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Hematite
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Dimensions
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19x8mm
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Museum No.
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NCBS 303
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Bibliography
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H. H. von der Osten, 1934, Ancient Oriental Seals, p. 47, fig. 303
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