AN AKKADIAN DARK GREEN SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
AN AKKADIAN DARK GREEN SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA 2334-2154 B.C.

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AN AKKADIAN DARK GREEN SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 2334-2154 B.C.
With a deity seated on a stool to the left wearing a horned tiara and a long flounced robe, holding a branch in one hand and one side of a long rope in the other, with a recumbent bull facing him supporting a "winged gate" on its back, the rope passing through the structure and held on the far side by a standing attendant, the terminal a date palm
36.5 X 23 mm
Provenance
Said to be from Edhaim Delta opposite Balad
Purchased in 1940 and passed by descent to a Lady of Title
Important Antiquities, Christie's London, 21 April 1999, lot 3

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