LARGE NEO-BABYLONIAN QUARTZ STAMP SEAL Ca. 6th - 5th century BC. An octagonal stamp seal with a priest standing in front of the icons of Marduk (spade) and Nabu (styli) placed on a pedestal. A lunar crescent is seen above. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Size: 23mm x 31mm; Weight: 15g. 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.