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OLD BABYLONIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT

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OLD BABYLONIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT
OLD BABYLONIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT
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Ca. 1900-1600 BC.There are three parts to this seal's design: (i) the god with mace in hat with a brim, short clothes, and mace held at the waist, faces a Lamma goddess, who wears a horned tiara and long flounced robe and is holding the hands up. Between them is a secondary item: a dancing man with splayed legs. (ii) The storm god Adad in short clothes stands on the back of a bull and holds up forked lighting in one hand. (iii) Upside down is a standing goddess in a horned tiara and long flounced robe, raising one hand. Behind her is the spade symbol of the god Marduk. The surface is worn, but the design can still be seen. Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. Size: L:22mm / W:12mm ; 13.83gProvenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A.; ex. 1990s London collections, studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 90s (with original note, signed by him). Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s.
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OLD BABYLONIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT

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