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# Rare Assyrian-period, mother-of-pearl seal discovered at Israels Tel Hadid
- URL: https://www.assyriapost.com/rare-assyrian-period-mother-of-pearl-seal-discovered-at-israels-tel-hadid/
- Published: 2026-06-09T21:07:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-09T21:07:42.000Z
- Description: Excavators of Tel Hadid recently released the discovery of a unique seal stamp from the seventh century b.c.e., the time of Assyrian domination of the Levant.
- Author: The Assyria Post
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'Of most interest is the second feature—the crescent on a triangular stand. Researchers identified this feature with the crescent-on-standard motif associated with Sin, the moon god of Harran in Mesopotamia. This symbol spread throughout the Southern Levant under Assyria’s domination. Koch and colleagues point to a parallel on a seventh-century b.c.e. tablet from nearby Tel Gezer.

Next to the moon on a standard is the other triangular shape that has “leglike features,” as the authors describe it. Because of these human characteristics, they propose it could depict a worshiper. A cylinder seal discovered in the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, dating to the seventh century b.c.e., contains a similar triangular figure identified as a worshiper.'

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