Type: Replica Syrian/Assyrian Cylinder Seals

Original Seals: 700-300 BC

Culture: Assyrian/Syrian

Top Cylinder Seal: Ishtar Rising (Assyrian 700 BC) engraved Assyrian seal from the 6th century BC. Fashioned solely with angled cutting wheels, the seal reflects a medley of Akkadian and Babylonian influence, including an early version of the classic winged disc adopted into a Syrian iconography from Egypt.

Middle Cylinder Seal: Mythic Centaurs (Ancient Syrian Seal 300 BC) seal typifies the period of Greek expansion into Mesopotamia around 300 BC. Seals from this time reflect an interesting cross fertilization of Greek and Mesopotamian mythology. It depicts a pair of Greek style centaurs standing either side of the classic tree of life symbol. The infamous demon storm bird Zu hovers in the sky above them.

Bottom cylinder seal: Syrian Seal 800 BC. Winged goddess engraved stone seal from ancient Syria circa 800 BC. Cylinder seal of a governor or royal official originally fashioned with hand powered cutting wheel and drill. The seal depicts a winged goddess standing between horned bulls, an early Assyrian version of a classic scene.