AN OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

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AN OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
With an offering scene, two worshippers, one with hands held up in supplication and the other holding a small horned animal, before the Sun-god, Shamash, standing holding a dagger, a dog sitting behind, with three lines of cuneiform reading: 'Kurum, son of Taribum, the servant of Amurru'
1 1/8 in. (2.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Numismatic Ancient Art & Coins, Zürich, 20 November 1987, no. 15.
Private collection, Germany.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds), Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 35, 2003, p. 542, no. 32.

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