AMETHYST CYLINDER SEAL
Sifting through the debris of the
royal palace, the archaeologists
came across this tiny cylnder seal
carved from Amethyst. The engra-
vings show a king, two godlike
figures with egyptian-type crowns
and staves, and ankh symbols, the
Egyptian hieroglyph for ‘life’ which
was popular in Ancient Syria, too.
0.63", 15th/14th century BC