Lot 540 - Auction 66 - Part II

A cassite-frit babyloninan cylinder seal.

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Description

A cassite-frit babyloninan cylinder seal.
H. 40 mm; diam. 16 mm

The design shows two standing, facing figures. Both wear close-fitting hats with edges and long robes to the feet. The figure on the right is raising both hands while the figure on the left is holding up one hand only. Between them, a smaller figure similarly clad, he is facing right. On top, a rhomb and cassite cross. The remainder of the space is taken up with a five-line inscription in Sumerian cuneiform :
“ Anunitum, wise lady, purification priestess of heaven and earth … … Seal of …., the servant who worships you”.
Remains of the original turquoise glaze still on the surface. Rare.
With W.G. Lambert descriptive note.
c. 1400-1100 B.C.
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