Neo-Assyrian Steatite Cylinder Seal with Capricorns

CIRCA 800-700 B.C.

1/2 in. (0.85 grams, 14 mm).

A small seal with two capricorns and the Pleiades; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.84.

Literature

See cylinders in similar style in Niederreiter, Z., Catalogue of the cylinder seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History, I, Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods (circa 1000-500 B.C.), Budapest, 2020, nos.60,66,70 (with variants).

CONDITION

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