ASSYRO-BABYLONIAN STONE DUCK-SHAPED SEAL Ca. 800 - 600 BC. A stone seal carved in the form of a stylised duck with a tapered body, a short beak, and a neck curving tightly along the back. A drilled suspension hole is set at the top. The flat underside is engraved with a seated figure facing right and three lines of horizontally arranged script. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 41.160.232. Size: 27mm x 42mm; Weight: 29.9g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the French market in the 1980s.