SIXTEEN NEO-ASSYRIAN AND NEO-BABYLONIAN SEALS
SIXTEEN NEO-ASSYRIAN AND NEO-BABYLONIAN SEALS

CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

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SIXTEEN NEO-ASSYRIAN AND NEO-BABYLONIAN SEALS
CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
Including a cylinder seal of white stone with fish; one of cream stone with stylized date palm; one of light brown sandstone with sphinx confronting a rampant bull; one of brown serpentine with two male figures flanking a tree, winged disc in the field; a stamp seal of dark grey stone with bearded worshipper standing before a divinity; one of blue chalcedony with fish-cloaked standing figure facing a divinity in a crescent; one of agate with seated male figure with raised hands; one of grey chalcedony with bearded worshipper facing a seated deity; one of dark stone with male worshipper; one of mottled jasper with two bearded worshippers; one of chalcedony with stylized plant; and one of cream stone with a walking stag, small dog and crescent in the field
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high. max. (16)
Provenance
Private collection, Denmark, acquired in the 1960s-1970s; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
E. Moller, Ancient Near Eastern Seals in a Danish Collection, Copenhagen, 1992, pp. 51-58, nos 86-101.

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