NEO-BABYLONIAN AGATE STAMP SEAL WITH CULTIC SCENE Ca. 600 - 500 BC. An octagonal pyramidal stamp seal carved from agate, perforated laterally for suspension. The sealing surface is engraved with a standing priest facing right towards a couchant mušḫuššu — a mythological dragon. A crescent moon appears above the scene. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 93.17.60. Size: 17.9mm x 18.7mm; Weight: 7.08g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the French market in the 1980s.