Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene

LATE 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/2 in. (34.6 grams, 36 mm).

A waisted cylindrical marble stamp seal bearing a worship scene composed of a procession of robed human figures advancing left, towards a seated figure; pierced vertically for suspension.

Provenance

Private family collection formed in London, mid 1980s to early 1990s.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1999.325.12, for a comparable scene dated early 2nd millennium B.C.

CONDITION

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