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Auction archive: Lot number 0603

Western Asiatic Neo Babylonian Cylinder Seal with Winged Gazelles and Two Ishara Scorpions

Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$350 - US$490
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 0603

Western Asiatic Neo Babylonian Cylinder Seal with Winged Gazelles and Two Ishara Scorpions

Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$350 - US$490
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

WESTERN ASIATIC NEO BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH WINGED GAZELLES AND TWO ISHARA SCORPIONS 800-539 BC A red carnelian cylinder seal with with two winged gazelles in an antithetical pose and two scorpions, the scorpion was from late Kassite times the associated animal of Išḫara, the goddess of love and war (like Ištar/Inana), also she is associated with extispicy, or else appears to be a mother goddess. 1.24 grams, 13mm (1/2"). Condition Very fine condition. Provenance From a North London collection; acquired before 1992. Literature Cf. Collon, D. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods, London, 2001, figs.59, 196 (winged gazelle) and figs.37-40 (scorpions).

Auction archive: Lot number 0603
Auction:
Datum:
20 Feb 2018 - 24 Feb 2018
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
Beschreibung:

WESTERN ASIATIC NEO BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH WINGED GAZELLES AND TWO ISHARA SCORPIONS 800-539 BC A red carnelian cylinder seal with with two winged gazelles in an antithetical pose and two scorpions, the scorpion was from late Kassite times the associated animal of Išḫara, the goddess of love and war (like Ištar/Inana), also she is associated with extispicy, or else appears to be a mother goddess. 1.24 grams, 13mm (1/2"). Condition Very fine condition. Provenance From a North London collection; acquired before 1992. Literature Cf. Collon, D. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods, London, 2001, figs.59, 196 (winged gazelle) and figs.37-40 (scorpions).

Auction archive: Lot number 0603
Auction:
Datum:
20 Feb 2018 - 24 Feb 2018
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
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