NEO-ASSYRIAN DARK STONE CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT Ca. 850 - 650 BC. A dark brown stone cylinder seal. The scene depicts a town being besieged. The majority of a town's gateway is preserved, with two towers, in each of which an archer is shooting. To the right of the city, two men are standing and one of them is shooting an arrow. Before this, is a man advancing toward the wall holding a big reed screen for protection, and a man is falling from the city tower. To the left is a third tower, with a ladder leaning against it and a man ascending a ladder. A star and a crescent appear in the sky. Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. Size: 46mm x 23mm; Weight: 32g. 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.