NEO-BABYLONIAN ROCK CRYSTAL STAMP SEAL WITH PRIESTS

Ca. 600 - 450 BC A stamp seal depicting priests worshipping the lunar crescent. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Size: 36mm x 26mm; Weight: 29g. Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collection, 1990s; Suggested to be 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.; ex. 1970s/early 80s UK art market. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 86.11.35. . >

Estimate:£100

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