CENTRAL ASIAN STONE CYLINDER SEAL Turkmenistan, Bactria, Ca. Mid 1st millennium BC. A carnelian or chalcedony cylinder seal depicting a two-humped Bactrian camel walking towards four rows of cuneiform script. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Size: 29mm x 11mm; Weight: 7.7g. Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 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/early80s UK art market.