Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

7/8 - 1 in. (27.1 grams total, 22-24 mm).

Comprising: a brown serpentine seal with a geometric pattern; a cream serpentine seal with a geometric pattern; a black steatite seal with a figure in a fringed dress with the hood over the head, a small table and two corn-ears as a divider; a blue glass seal with a standing figure and a rearing quadruped; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [4, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.4, 5, 28, and one handwritten.

Literature

Cf. similar pattern on a seal in Weber, O., Altorientalische Siegelbilder, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.589.

CONDITION

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