A NEO-ASSYRIAN ROCK CRYSTAL CYLINDER SEAL

MESOPOTAMIA, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A NEO-ASSYRIAN ROCK CRYSTAL CYLINDER SEAL
MESOPOTAMIA, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
With a scorpion-man aiming his bow at a running lion-griffin, fish, crescent moon and seven-pointed star in the field
1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Germany, acquired 1985.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds), Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 35, 2003, pp. 555-556, no. 49.

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