Briggs Buchanan

Further Observations on the Syrian Glyptic Style

grasping horn(?) of second lying bull; Oll bulls back, structure (gate?) that is grasped at top by two long-skirted figures in mid-air, and inside which stands nude female in ullGertain posture; on either side of structure, ruIlning animal (fox?); belo+r aIlimal to right, human head of uncertain character; human figure. Lower register: trace of animal(?); nude bearded hero struggling with animal; two bullmell wrestling (?), fish(?) between them; irlscription; trace of human figure.

On the Seal Impressions on Some Old Babylonian Tablets

The seal impressions here treated are found on the tablets Nos. 80 and 86, on the tag No. 46, and the envelope No. 57, all preserved in the collection of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. The texts of Nos. 80 and 86 were published in the preceding issue of this Journal (pp. 17 and 19); the tablet No. 57 (a letter) will be published at a later date; No. 46 exhibits only the seal impression. The author wishes to thank Professor A. Goetze of Yale University for bringing these impressions to his attention and Father Louis F. Hartman, C.Ss.R., for giving him permission to publish