Mesopotamian White Stone Cylinder Seal

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/8 in. (22 grams, 34 mm).

With frieze depicting a post or bush between two opposed figures, one with tight-fitting trousers and arms bent towards the other with knee-length kilt and strapped garment to the chest, insect in flight between them; rosette below and three pellets above with two advancing figures in long tiered robes with one arm raised, the leading figure holding a sword at his wait, the following figure with one hand on a pedestal, sun-wheel above; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

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

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12420-226378.

Literature

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

CONDITION

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