WESTERN ASIATIC OLD AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH GODS Akkadian, late 3rd millennium BC A large black limestone cylinder seal with two scenes; one with a male deity with weapons to his back, standing on a stylised mountain, columns to either side; a scene with three deities, a pair of youthful male deities with horned headdress and holding a plant, in the centre a Janus headed deity in long robes and horned headdress. 29 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of a London gentleman; formerly in an important London collection; formed before 1990. Literature Cf. R. M. Boehmer, Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit, UAVA 4. Berlin 1965, Abb. 392-425.
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH GODS Akkadian, late 3rd millennium BC A large black limestone cylinder seal with two scenes; one with a male deity with weapons to his back, standing on a stylised mountain, columns to either side; a scene with three deities, a pair of youthful male deities with horned headdress and holding a plant, in the centre a Janus headed deity in long robes and horned headdress. 29 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of a London gentleman; formerly in an important London collection; formed before 1990. Literature Cf. R. M. Boehmer, Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit, UAVA 4. Berlin 1965, Abb. 392-425.
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