Large Neo-assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal - Jun 04, 2024 | Timeline Auctions Ltd. In Essex
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Large Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal

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Large Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal
Large Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal
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Early 1st millennium B.C. With figural frieze between two borders of guilloche ornament: central hero-figure with axe in one raised hand, the other griping the foreleg of a winged rampant gryphon, with recumbent goat at his feet; behind, radiant sun above a monkey sitting on the rump of a horse with a second gryphon attacking; opposed rampant ibexes flanking a tree; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 65.7 grams, 44 mm (1 3/4 in.).

From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by desent. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Large Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal

Estimate £600 - £800
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Starting Price £550
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