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LOT 1067
Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
19TH-16TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (7.6 grams, 19 mm).
Haematite with a standing naked female facing frontally, a male worshipper wearing long robes and cap, hands raised in prayer, facing a male figure wearing sash and kilt, round cap on head and dagger tied to waist; rectangular panel with three columns of cuneiform text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Rihani family collection, formed 1970-1980s.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
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