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LOT 1095
Elamite Haematite Cylinder Seal with the God Shatwak
SUKKALMAH PERIOD, CIRCA 1970-1770 B.C.
3/4 in. (5.91 grams, 21 mm).
Drilled vertically for suspension; engraved columns of cuneiform text alternating with human and animal figures; with the name of the owner followed by the standard pious statement 'servant of God X', the father's name of the seal owner is omitted: Shurpakir(?) servant of (the god) Shatwak. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
FootnotesThe deity Shatwak is only otherwise known only as an element in one personal name in a tablet from Susa and in the 'servant of' phrase on a seal impression on tablets from Ur.
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