Lot Essay
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CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.
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AN OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.
With a worshipper standing before a deity who holds a vase overflowing with two streams and swimming fish, a goat-fish above, a second scene with a worshipper before the goddess Ishtar who holds a double lion-headed sceptre, her attribute lion at her feet; a Persian bitumen cylinder seal with two friezes of leaves alternating with pomegranate-like fruits or flower buds, the central frieze of alternating rhombs and waisted rectangles; another, with a seated figure drinking from a cup while an attendant stands before holding up a fan, behind is wine making equipment, a conical vat with a pot underneath to receive the liquid, a solar-star above and rhomb in the field, both circa 1200-800 B.C.; a Neo-Babylonian chalcedony cylinder seal wheel-cut with a winged hero wielding a scimitar-sword in contest with a winged sphinx, a plant in front with winged solar-disc above, circa 900-700 B.C.; and a Neo-Assyrian burnt cornelian cylinder seal with an armed god (Adad?), a sword at his waist and holding a mace being approached by a worshipper, a triangular spade of the god Marduk, a crescent, star, the Pleiades, a rhomb, a fish and an ibex in the field, small chips, circa 900-750 B.C.
1¼ to 5/8 in. (3.2 to 1.6 cm.) high (5)
CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.
With a worshipper standing before a deity who holds a vase overflowing with two streams and swimming fish, a goat-fish above, a second scene with a worshipper before the goddess Ishtar who holds a double lion-headed sceptre, her attribute lion at her feet; a Persian bitumen cylinder seal with two friezes of leaves alternating with pomegranate-like fruits or flower buds, the central frieze of alternating rhombs and waisted rectangles; another, with a seated figure drinking from a cup while an attendant stands before holding up a fan, behind is wine making equipment, a conical vat with a pot underneath to receive the liquid, a solar-star above and rhomb in the field, both circa 1200-800 B.C.; a Neo-Babylonian chalcedony cylinder seal wheel-cut with a winged hero wielding a scimitar-sword in contest with a winged sphinx, a plant in front with winged solar-disc above, circa 900-700 B.C.; and a Neo-Assyrian burnt cornelian cylinder seal with an armed god (Adad?), a sword at his waist and holding a mace being approached by a worshipper, a triangular spade of the god Marduk, a crescent, star, the Pleiades, a rhomb, a fish and an ibex in the field, small chips, circa 900-750 B.C.
1¼ to 5/8 in. (3.2 to 1.6 cm.) high (5)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
The illustration on page 137 of the printed catalogue has been mislabelled. The seals in lot 606 are the third and fourth from the right.