A wonderful steatite double register cylinder seal, Ur III, later 3rd Millennium BC, a tall example with two registers of decoration. The uppermost consisting of a procession of standing figure and rampant animals and the lowermost with a line of goats, a vine motif separating the two. L: 4.1 cm. Custom base with roll-out. Ex Tachner collection with receipts from the Ariadne gallery (1980).

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