AN AKKADIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. VALLO BENJAMIN
AN AKKADIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA 2334-2260 B.C.

细节
AN AKKADIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 2334-2260 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long
来源
Marcopoli Collection, assembled in Aleppo, Syria, late 19th century.
McLendon Collection, Dallas, acquired circa 1978.
The McLendon Collection of Cylinder and Stamp Seals; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 14 June 1993, lot 109.
Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.
出版
B. Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in The Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, pp. 128-129, no. 74.
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Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品专文

This cylinder seal is engraved with two combat scenes with a tree as the terminal: one between a bull-man, his head turned frontally, and a bearded hero, who wears a kilt and a conical cap; and the other between a bull-man and a lion. There are two maces in the field.

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