NEAR EASTERN AKKADIAN STONE FIGURAL CYLINDER SEAL 2300-2250 BC A black stone seal depicting a seated figure wearing a horned tiara, one arm stretched out towards a reclining bull supporting a winged gate with a kneeling man behind. 11 grams, 26 mm (1"). Extremely fine condition. Provenance From an important collection of Classical and Near Eastern seals formed in the late 1970s and early 1980s; the property of a London gentleman, cat. no.13469/111. Literature By repute seen by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, and accompanied by a museum-quality impression of the seal's design. Footnotes Lot no. 343 to 379 form part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined by the late Professor Lambert of Birmingham University and are accompanied by Professor Lambert's own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dominique Collon.
NEAR EASTERN AKKADIAN STONE FIGURAL CYLINDER SEAL 2300-2250 BC A black stone seal depicting a seated figure wearing a horned tiara, one arm stretched out towards a reclining bull supporting a winged gate with a kneeling man behind. 11 grams, 26 mm (1"). Extremely fine condition. Provenance From an important collection of Classical and Near Eastern seals formed in the late 1970s and early 1980s; the property of a London gentleman, cat. no.13469/111. Literature By repute seen by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, and accompanied by a museum-quality impression of the seal's design. Footnotes Lot no. 343 to 379 form part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined by the late Professor Lambert of Birmingham University and are accompanied by Professor Lambert's own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dominique Collon.
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