Lot no. 222
Old Babylonian Red Stone Cylinder Seal. 2nd millennium B.C. Frieze in three registers: two crouching gryphons facing each other on a hatched base; below, advancing ox; court scene with a profile figure seated on a dais holding a vessel and facing two advancing figures in robes with open front, one leg exposed; sapling scene-divider; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.41 grams, 19 mm (3/4 in.). From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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03/04/2025
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