Mesopotamian Red Stone Cylinder Seal

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 in. (30 grams, 24 mm).

Drum-shaped with frieze of crouching worshippers, each with arms raised and hair worn in a braid behind the head; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 3, for type.

CONDITION

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