DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDAEAN DESERT: XXIV



Wadi Daliyeh Seal Impressions


BY

M. J. W. Leith



Clarendon: Oxford

1997



CONTENTS

TABLE OF PLATES

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

A. INTRODUCTION

B. NUDE YOUTHS AND WARRIORS
1. HERMES AND UNIDENTIFIED YOUTHS AND WARRIORS
WD 7 Nude Greek Youth with Chlamys (Pl. I.1)
WD 14 Hermes with Aphlaston (Pl. I.2)
WD 49 Hermes (?) (Pl. I.3)
WD 28 Nude Youth with Himation (Pl. II.1)
WD 29 Nude Youth with Himation and Branch (?) (Pl. II.2)
WD 57 Youth Leaning on Pillar (Pl. II.3)
WD 1 Nude Youth with Shield (Pl. III.1)
WD 21D Standing Nude Youth (Pls. III.2, XXII.2D)
WD 15B Seated Youth (Pl. III.3)
WD 16A Frontal Nude Warrior with Spear (Pls. IV.1, XXII.1C)
WD 26 Nude Hoplite with Shield and Spear (Pl. IV.2)
WD 33 Smiting Nude Warrior (Pl. IV.3)

2. PERSEUS IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
Introductory Remarks
WD 32 Warrior with Spear, Shield, and Sack (Perseus?) (Pl. V.1)
WD 54 Perseus with Sack (Pl. V.2)
WD 56 Perseus (?) (Pl. V.3)

3. HERAKLES FIGURES IN GREEK STYLE
Introductory Remarks
WD 11C Herakles with Club, Bow, and Lionskin (Pl. VI.1)
WD 39 Herakles in Lionskin with Club (Pl. VI.2)
WD 42 Herakles (with Club) vs. Nemean Lion (Pl. VI.3)

C. MATURE MALE FIGURES
WD 9 Mature Man Wearing Himation (Pl. VII.1)
WD 11E Mature Man in Himation and Pilos (Pl. VII.2)
WD 20 Frontal Male Figure in Himation (Pl. VII.3)

D. DIONYSIAN SUBJECTS
WD 5, 16B Satyr (Pls. VIII.1-2, XXII.1D)
WD 21B Dancing Satyr (Pls. VIII.3, XXII.2B)
WD 40 Kneeling Eros (Pl. IX.1)
WD 50 Dancing Maenad (?) (Pl. IX.2)
Excursus: The Semantics of the Near Leg Forward Pose
WD 27 Persian Dancer (Pl. IX.3)
WD I.3.22B Nike (?) (Pl. X.1)
WD 2 Satyr and Heron (Pl. X.2)
WD 44 Knucklebone (Astragaloi) Players (Pl. X.3)

E. OTHER COMPLEX SUBJECTS
WD 46 Nike in Facing Quadriga (Pl. XI.1)

F. OTHER MALE AND FEMALE FIGURES
WD 43 Achilles and Penthesileia (?) (Pl. XI.2)
WD 6 Persian Man and Woman (Pl. XI.3)
WD 52 Persian Man and Woman (Pl. XII.1)
WD 47 Nude Hero (Herakles?) vs. Two Inverted Lions (Pl. XII.2)

G. SINGLE ANIMALS
WD 45 Winged Boar Protome (Pl. XII.3)
WD 55 Lion Scratching his Ear (Pl. XIII.1)
WD 37 Lion (Pl. XIII.2)
GR-A Eagle (Pl. XIII.3)
WD 30 Running Quadruped (Pl. XIV.1)
WD 23 Boar (?) with Inscription (Pl. XIV.2)
WD 35 Winged Hippocamp (with Rider?) (Pl. XIV.3)
WD 53 Winged Persian Hero Sphinx (Pl. XV.1)
WD 31 Seated Winged Sphinx (Pl. XV.2)
WD 38 Winged Bull (?) (Pls. XV.3, XXIII.5 [?])

H. FLANKING HORSES, GRIFFINS
WD 18 Flanking Winged Horses (Pl. XVI.1)
WD 34 Two Horses (Pl. XVI.2)
GR-B Flanking Griffins (Pl. XVI.3)

I. PERSIAN HERO
WD 17, 36, 51 Persian Hero Fights Flanking Inverted Lions (Pl. XVII.1-3)
WD 3B Persian Hero Contests Flanking Animals (Pl. XVIII.1)
WD 4 Persian Hero Battles Rampant Winged Lion (Pl. XVIII.2)
WD 8 Persian Hero Battles Winged Bull (Pl. XVIII.3)
WD 3A, 10A, 11B, 12, 24 Hero Flanked by Winged Sphinxes (Pl. XIX.1-3)
WD I.3.22A Persian Hero (?) (Pl. XIX.4)
WD 19 Persian Hero Attacking One Opponent (Pl. XX.1)

J. FLANKING SPHINXES
WD 13, 41 Flanking Persian Royal Sphinxes with Double Crown of Egypt (Pl. XX.2-3)
WD 25 Flanking Royal Scorpion-Men (Pl. XXI.1)
WD 48 Flanking Winged Sphinxes (Pl. XXI.2)
WD 15A Sphinxes Flanking a Flower (Pl. XXI.3)

INDEX OF WADI DALIYEH NUMBERS

SUBJECT INDEX

PLATES

xi

xv

xvii

xix

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39
42
47
49
50
51
53
55
57
61
64
66


71
74
77
80


85
87
90
92


97
100
102


107
110
114
117
119
121
124
125
131


137


145
151
157
162


167
173
176
179
182
184
188
191
193
195


199
202
204


209
213
214
218
220
225
226



231
235
237
239

243

247

249