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ISIN LARSA / OLD BABYLONIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL

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ISIN LARSA / OLD BABYLONIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
ISIN LARSA / OLD BABYLONIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
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Ca. 1900-1600 BC. A nicely carved black stone cylinder seal from the Isin Larsa to Old Babylonian period, first half of the second millennium BC. It depicts a deity holding a crooked staf and an axe (the god Amurru) and another male deity with a sacrifical lamb. A staff with a dragon head is found in the exergue. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:15.1mm / W:6.9mm ; 1.96gProvenance: 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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ISIN LARSA / OLD BABYLONIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL

Estimate £300 - £600
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