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Just guessing here, but educated guess... the altar thing between the two figures is what is referred to in the article as 'the altar', with the babylonian crescent moon symbol sitting directly on it in graphic relief... the crescent moon above is pretty much the same thing but represents the moon itself as opposed to the altar.
That crescent moon really confuses things with regard to the First Temple and the priesthood of the Temech family. Do you think the seal means that the Temech family began to serve the Babylonian gods?

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The babylonians were moon worshippers. they actually had hundreds of gods but Sin/moon was a main one.
Same symbol still used by muslims today btw. Babylon is at the heart of today's modern Islam, with Mecca of course, but Babylon still very important which is why Saddam Hussein wanted to rebuild it.
The same symbol is used by the Muslims but it doesn't represent Allah, even though some have tried to equate the god Sin with Allah.

The Babylon connection interesting. I had heard that Saddam was trying to rebuild Babylon in order to make himself out to be another Nebuchadnezzar. From his personal info gathered after his fall, Saddam was not a devout Muslim in any way and only performed the rituals when he had to for publicity's sake.

A faith that connot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. -- Arthur C. Clarke