Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (46.7 grams total, 18-37 mm).

Comprising: frieze of standing figure and winged opponent, cracked and repaired; frieze with faravahar above a hearth, standing figures, top partly absent; linear representation of oxen in a field with band of concentric lozenges (river?); advancing ibexes with ladder motif above; bilinear zigzags with interstitial bosses; four supplied with a museum-quality impression. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. seals with similar scenes in Weber, O., Altorientalische Siegelbilder, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.224-228.

CONDITION

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LOT 1198