Beschreibung:

Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal Collection 3rd millennium BC Group of carved stone cylinder seals, all with original typed and signed scholarly notes by the late W. G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993 and accompanied by museum quality impressions comprising: Syria, with notes: 'Cylinder seal of white stone (jasper), 37 x 16mm. Linear design, perhaps of tree and birds. Syria, c. 3000 B.C. Condition good.'; 'Cylinder seal of black stone (limestone), 40 x 10mm. Pattern of triangles with hatched bands and dots. Mesopotamia or Syria, c. 3000 B.C.'; 'Cylinder seal of black stone (limestone), 34 x 16mm. Two horned animals tête bêche, and looping bands in a frieze. Syria, c. 3000 B.C. Condition good.'; 'Cylinder seal of grey stone (limestone), 25 x 18mm. Two distinguished horned animals with lion between; bush terminal and stars in sky. Syria, c. 3000 B.C. Condition fair.' and 'Cylinder seal of black stone (limestone), 22 x 20mm. V-drilling. Linear design of tree and other items. Syria, c. 3000 B.C. Condition good.' Accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 52 grams total, 22-40mm (3/4 - 1 3/4"). Good to fine condition. [5] Provenance From a private collection of seals and amulets, the property of a Canadian gentleman living in London; from his father's collection formed in the late 1960s to 1980s; inventory numbers 55,56,58,61 & 63. Footnotes Dr Bonewitz notes: 'The stones from which the seals are made, in order: white agate, black marble, black marble, limestone, black limestone.'