LATE MIDDLE TO EARLY NEO-ASSYRIAN CHALCEDON CYLINDER SEAL WITH MYTHICAL LION. Ca. 1200 - 800 BC. A reddish stone cylinder seal with a roaring lion-like mythical creature and a life tree, above which lunar and solar images are depicted. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Size: 30mm x 15mm; Weight: 14.37g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed in France in the 1960s to 1980s; Ex. Bachmann collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.