OLD BABYLONIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL Ca. Early 2nd millennium BC. A black stone cylinder seal with a deity wearing a horned cap, a royal hero and a mythical lion-headed winged creature. A rosette, the emblem of Marduk (spade) and a lunar icon are depicted in the exergue. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Size: 41mm x 19mm; Weight: 30.4g. 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.