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the upper edge. Impressions of the same seals as on No. 1 in exactly the same distribution. Photos of all impressions marked (a), (b), (c), and (d) on plate XI, left half.

(3) YBC5 9900. 38 : 34 : 21 mm. Stringholes in the upper corners. Impressions of two different seals. On the two flat sides and either side edge impressions of seal (d) of Nos. 1 and 2. On the upper edge an impression of the seal Scheil No. 6 (see below, our No. 4). Poorly preserved, therefore not reproduced.

The material previously known may be listed here with the necessary references:

(4) Istanbul, several pieces; exact numbers and signatures not ascertainable. See Scheil, Revue Biblique, 10 (1901), 567-70 where eight different impressions are pictured. Scheil No. 1 = our (d) ; Scheil NO. 2 = our (a) ; Scheil NO. 3 = our (b) ; Scheil No. 5 =:: our (c) ; Scheil No. 6 = the impression on the upper edge of YBC 9900 (see above, No. 3).

(5) Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale H.891. See L. Delaporte, Catalogue des cylindres orientaux...de la Bibl. Nat., plate B. Only two sides are given there. H.891a (upper edge) equals our (c), H.891b (flat side) equals our (a). The other impressions are probably not clear enough to yield useful photos.

(6) Paris, Louvre AO 7701. See L. Delaporte, Catalogue des cylindres... II, sub A.801, plate 122, fig. 1 and page 176. A.801a (flat side) equals our (a), A.801b (upper edge) equals our (c). The text mentions a third impression as almost completely covered by deposits; the traces described point to identity with our (d). The Louvre piece is probably in every detail identical with Crozer 200 and YBC 9901.

(7) Paris, Collection Allotte de la Fuÿe, "quelques exemplaires."6 See Clermont-Ganneau in Répertoire d'épigraphie sémitique, I, ad No. 245.

Perhaps one has to add:

(8) Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale H.890. See L. Delaporte, Catalogue des cylindres orientaux...de la Bibl. Nat., plate B, where two sides are given. H.890a (flat side), though very indistinct, may be another impression like our (d). H.890b (flat side) duplicates Scheil No. 4.

We can now proceed to a more detailed description of the four seals for which new impressions have become available.

 

Seal (a)

A lion attacks a standing stag by jumping upon its back. The lion's face is seen from the front, the stag (showing elaborate antlers) turns its head back. Above the scene a winged disk with Ahuramazda; it shows the characteristic tail feathers and streamers. Above the lion's back are five characters in Aramaic script.

The inscription has been treated several times before; see Scheil, l.c.; M. Lidzbarski, Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, I (1902), 276;7 Clermont-Ganneau, Répertoire d'épigraphie sémitique, I (1900-1905), No. 245. But, the readings proposed by these

6. They may have entered the Louvre after the owner's death; cf. Revue dAssyriologie, 36, 42.     7. Lidzbarski based his discussion on Scheil's drawings.

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