WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH ROBED FIGURES 19th-16th century BC A haematite cylinder seal, possibly a contemporary copy, with robed king on the left with on raised hand facing the Sun god, holding his saw-toothed knife, with star and shepherd's crook (symbol of Amurru). 5.54 grams, 24mm (1"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Literature See Collon, D. Cylinder Seals III. Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Period Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, London, 1986, nos. 330, 347 for discussion. Footnotes The symbol of the mountain, which usually appears beneath the Sun-god's right foot, is absent on this seal.
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH ROBED FIGURES 19th-16th century BC A haematite cylinder seal, possibly a contemporary copy, with robed king on the left with on raised hand facing the Sun god, holding his saw-toothed knife, with star and shepherd's crook (symbol of Amurru). 5.54 grams, 24mm (1"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Literature See Collon, D. Cylinder Seals III. Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Period Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, London, 1986, nos. 330, 347 for discussion. Footnotes The symbol of the mountain, which usually appears beneath the Sun-god's right foot, is absent on this seal.
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