Achaemenid Stone Cylinder Seal

600-400 B.C.

1 1/8 in. (17 grams, 30 mm).

Sacrifice scene comprising: bearded male in profile wearing a dentilled cap, pleated kilt and jacket, sword in one hand and the other holding the horns of a rearing ibex; small figure with deer over his shoulders beneath a winged sun-disc; objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.

Literature

Cf. Weber, O., Altorientalische Siegelbilder, Leipzig, 1920, nos.538, 542, 564ff.

CONDITION

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LOT 0286