Late 4th century BC-early 1st century AD. An Egyptianizing carnelian cylinder seal with a column of pseudo-hieroglyphs, two advancing figures before, accompanied by a scholarly note which states: 'A carnelian cylinder seal with the pharaoh with a sleeveless shirt and a short apron, both with a net pattern, and a wide belt, facing right and worshipping the both Aegyptian deities Horus and his beloved Hathor, by sacrificing two small spherical ointment jars (aryballoi) as votive offerings in both raised hands; Horus, the Lord of Heaven, appears here, walking to the left, as a tall, slender youth with a falcon's head, a short robe also with a net pattern, in his left hand the Anch-sign (cross with handle), in his right hand holding the Was-scepter, which here appear as the symbols for “life and salvation” for the benefit of the pharaoh; above the head of Horus his sun ball; behind Horus the goddess Hathor, i.a. 'Mistress of Byblos', in a long, tight-fitting robe, in her hands the Anch-sign and the Wadj-scepter (papyrus stem, wadj to be green, to be young) as the symbol of eternal youth, above her the Hathor crown (sun disk with horns); between pharaoh and Hathor a single-column hieroglyphic inscription: Hathor, Mistress of Heaven, the Great ...'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. See Docter, R.; Boussofara, R.; ter Keurs, P. (edit.), Carthage, Fact and Myth, Leiden, 2015; Parrot, A.; Chéhab, M.H.; Moscati, S., Die Phönizier, München, 1977.11.5 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s; accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, report number 157485.