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Neo-Assyrian Seal with Human-Headed Beast
Neo-Assyrian Seal with Human-Headed Beast
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8th-6th century BC. A haematite cylinder seal with a winged bull standing facing left, away from a standing archer who wears a long fringed robe and aims an arrow at the bull, on either side of the archer are small trees, line borders at top and bottom. Cf. Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 733; and Collon, D. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Perods, London, 2001, p.44, no. 30 (text), pl. III, 30 (picture"). 16 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s; supplied with a museum-quality impression. This lot is part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined in the 1980s by Professor Lambert and most are accompanied by his own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz.
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Fine condition.
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Neo-Assyrian Seal with Human-Headed Beast

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