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MITANNI BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL

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MITANNI BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
MITANNI BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
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Late Bronze I-II, Ca. 1450-1300 BC. An elaborately carved black stone Mitanni cylinder seal from northern Mesopotamia. It depicts among other a winged genius, a gazelle and a scorpion in the exergue. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:16.8mm / W:8.3mm ; 1.94gProvenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.
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MITANNI BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL

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