Lot 0867

WESTERN ASIATIC POLYGONAL STAMP SEAL

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Item Details

Description

Ca. 3nd - 2rd Millenium BC.
A triangular Western Asiatic stamp seal depicting a standing god with a scepter. On the second side, there is a zig-zag snake with engraved scales. On the final side, there is a lion facing right. The seal has a horizontally drilled hole. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 55.65.5.
Size: 17mm x 11mm; Weight: 2g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collection, 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.