Old Babylonian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Figures and Gold Pendant Mount

18TH-14TH CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (5.18 grams, 27 mm).

With incuse human figures and a stag in a hunting scene; gold mount with loop.

Provenance

From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.

Literature

Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 145, for type.

CONDITION

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