NEO BABYLON BALCK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH LUNAR STANDARD. Ca. 800 - 600 BC a black cylinder seal from the early Neo Babylonian period, ca. 8th century BC. It depicts two genii, both holding a vessel (one of which is a bucket). The winged genii flank the central icon of the god Marduk, the patron deity of Babylon. A large lunar standard with tassels and two 8-pointed stars (Ishtar)and the Pleiades (seven dots) are also depicted. Size: 42mm x 19mm; Weight: 33g. 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. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.