Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group

4TH-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (28.7 grams total, 18-32 mm).

Comprising: frieze with three robed figures flanking a hatched column; two ibexes contending with looped necks, standing bird behind; deeply cut linear image of rearing ibexes; shallow-cut image of a hero with raised arm fending off a winged gryphon, star in the field; frieze with facing hero wrestling two rearing beasts; each 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 scene and style in Weber, O., Altorientalische Siegelbilder, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.551; in Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley-Los Angeles, 1984, nos.10-11.

CONDITION

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