Sealing

Jar Stopper

Seal Impression; Double-Headed Eagle

PBS XIV: an eagle with two lions' heads, seizes in its talons two rampant deer. these are attacked by two lions crossed with other animals. the eagle on the coat of arms of Lagash engraved on the silver vase of Entemena has only one head, truly a lion's head and in face. The double headed eagle of the Hittite rock reliefs of Boghaz-keui, has a prototype in Babylonia at the time of Gudea, and even earlier as in the present impression. the double head, like the bifrons or Janus head, is a primitive convention expressing ever watchful activity working on the either side. seal impress. on a fragment of clay bulla.

CBS Register: clay fragment, jar stopper. seal impression. Hittite, double headed eagle