A NEO-ASSYRIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY PYRAMIDAL STAMP SEAL

CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A NEO-ASSYRIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY PYRAMIDAL STAMP SEAL
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Engraved with a robed warrior with his hand outstretched, facing a divine symbol above the back of the dragon Mushushu, two facing eagles below with a rhomb in between; one face engraved with a cuneiform inscription with a personal name, reading, in part: Nabu-ban-apli
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Japanese Private Collection, 1970s.

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