documented, for it was brought from the Near East to France by M. Cousin6ry in 1817; in 1845 it was acquired for the national collection from the Collection F61ix Lajard into which it had passed. This information is important because it guarantees the genuineness of the seal which measures ht. 27 mm., diam. 11 mm. (Fig. 1)1. The scene represented on it is composed of three figures only. An unbearded personage clad in a robe and a mantle with rolled borders, whose head is covered with a thick crop of short hair, advances to right with both hands extended in a gesture of supplication. This figure is preceded by that of a man wearing a mantle with rolled borders above a short tunic and a