Mesopotamian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal with Figures and Gold Pendant Mount

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/4 in. (11.78 grams, 33 mm).

The seal displaying a frieze of drilled human figures possibly bearing cultic accoutrements, together with a bee-like insect; mounted on a later gold hoop.

Provenance

From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.

CONDITION

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