MESOPOTAMIAN RED STONE CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT Ca. 1100 - 900 BC. A Mesopotamian red stone cylinder seal. The main item of the design is a large bird, standing with its wings spread. It has a thin body and thin neck. Under the bird is a plant and a tree with a curved trunk rising from between two growths, serving as a terminal. The fillers of the seal are a crescent, star and four dots. There is also an inscription in cuneiform script reading Dingir tuku (Have a god, Be successful). Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. Size: 36.5mm x 13mm; Weight: 10g. Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A.; Ex. 1990s London collections, studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 90s (with original note, signed by him). Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s.