Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deer and Scorpion

CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.

7/8 in. (13 grams, 22 mm).

Barrel-shaped with incuse frieze of a leaping deer and a scorpion, pellets in the field; supplied with an old dealer's ticket and 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 handwritten catalogue note card.

Literature

Cf. Eisen, G.A., Ancient oriental cylinder and other seals with a description of the collection of Mrs William H. Moore, Chicago, 1942, no.151, for a similar scene on a round seal.

CONDITION

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