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LOT 1184
Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (4.32 grams, 15 mm).
Haematite with a group of four standing figures consisting of a bearded male wearing a kilt and horned cap, crescent moon to the top; in front a male wearing long robes, hands raised in worship, behind a female in long robes and with arms crossed over chest; behind a male figure in long robes and wearing a horned cap, hand resting on shoulder of female; rectangular panel with three rows of cuneiform text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important North London collection formed in the late 1980s.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
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