Plate III. — Pre-Dynastic Cylinder Seals
1. Three animals in a desert wadŷ (?). M-G.
2-7. Black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing personal names written in primitive hieroglyphic characters, each name being determined by the seated figure of a man. These examples are all in the M-G. Collection, except No. 3, which is in the Amh. Collection.
8 and 9. Black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing personal names (?), written in primitive hieroglyphic characters, but without a seated figure determinative. M-G.
10. A personal (?) name reading Asunut. Amh. A fine specimen in wood.
11-13. Three black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing inscriptions of uncertain meaning. M-G.
14. A beautifully cut ivory cylinder-seal, bearing a personal name reading Sheden. Murch.