Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Processional Scene

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

7/8 in. (8.97 grams, 23 mm).

With incised frieze of a standing figure in pleated robe holding a sword towards a figure in floor-length fringed garment with raised arms, smaller figure behind him and a third in a tiered robe; group of four small figures to the rear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.07.
London collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 382, for type.

CONDITION

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