WESTERN ASIATIC SUMERIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH GRAZING ANIMALS 2nd millennium BC A large carved steatite(?) cylinder seal with friezes in two registers: above, a human warrior tackles a pair of lamassu human-headed bulls, each with a bird on its rump; below, a pair of oxen graze with a star above their confronted heads, a bush behind. 35 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Ex Rihani family collection; acquired 1980s. Literature See discussion in Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, p.35-7.
WESTERN ASIATIC SUMERIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH GRAZING ANIMALS 2nd millennium BC A large carved steatite(?) cylinder seal with friezes in two registers: above, a human warrior tackles a pair of lamassu human-headed bulls, each with a bird on its rump; below, a pair of oxen graze with a star above their confronted heads, a bush behind. 35 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Ex Rihani family collection; acquired 1980s. Literature See discussion in Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, p.35-7.
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