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Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Scorpion and Bird
Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Scorpion and Bird
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1st millennium B.C. With pointillé design of two birds one above the other, a scorpion and a tulip. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 181, for type. 3.32 grams, 17 mm (5/8 in.).

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

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Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Scorpion and Bird

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Starting Price £440
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