Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

1 in. (8.6 grams, 28 mm).

With seated figure with one hand extended holding a vessel towards a standing bearded figure with fringed robe, and standing female in pointed headdress and flounced robe, both arms bent and hands raised; disc with crescent above, two columns of cuneiform text to the rear; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 13, for type.

CONDITION

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