Western Asiatic Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene 11th-7th century BC A brown stone cylinder seal engraved with an antithetical scene consisting, in the centre, of a winged disc with appendage above a palmette-tree, flanked by two kneeling worshippers behind whom, superimposed, are a crescent (symbol for the moon god), a star (symbol for Ištar, the goddess of love, war and the planet Venus), and a bird (symbol of the war god Ninurta); both the kneeling men are bearded, have shoulder-length hair, and wear fringed robes with multiple belts; they extend one hand at waist level and point with the other. 14 grams, 39mm (1 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a London lady; previously with a North London gentleman; formerly acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Porada, E. Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in North American Collections. I: The Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. The Bollingen Series XIV. Washington, 1948, pl.XCIII, fig.640E; and Collon, D. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods, London, 2001, pl.XIII, fig.165.
Western Asiatic Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene 11th-7th century BC A brown stone cylinder seal engraved with an antithetical scene consisting, in the centre, of a winged disc with appendage above a palmette-tree, flanked by two kneeling worshippers behind whom, superimposed, are a crescent (symbol for the moon god), a star (symbol for Ištar, the goddess of love, war and the planet Venus), and a bird (symbol of the war god Ninurta); both the kneeling men are bearded, have shoulder-length hair, and wear fringed robes with multiple belts; they extend one hand at waist level and point with the other. 14 grams, 39mm (1 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a London lady; previously with a North London gentleman; formerly acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Porada, E. Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in North American Collections. I: The Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. The Bollingen Series XIV. Washington, 1948, pl.XCIII, fig.640E; and Collon, D. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods, London, 2001, pl.XIII, fig.165.
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