Six cylinder seals and one seal stamp ·  Asia-Antiques, Sumerian & Assyrian · ID: 3051398

Description

a) Sumerian cylinder seal, Akkad period (ca. 2330-2200 BC), lapis lazuli, Taurus man and lion, h: 3 cm, with four impression strips, m: 4.7 cm x 3.5 cm & 5.2 cm x 3.3 cm (2x each)

b) Sumerian cylinder seal, Early Dynastic period II (ca. 2750-2600 BC), limonite, kneeling figure and two antelopes, h: 1.8 cm, with impression strip, m: 4.9 cm x 2.2 cm

c) Sumerian cylinder seal, Ur I (ca. 2500 BC), stone, drinking scene, h: 2.4 cm

d) cylinder seal, Middle Assyrian period (ca. 1350 -1000 BC), stone, hunting scene, h: 4.4 cm, with two impression strips, m: 4.8 cm x 4.2 cm (each)

Additional:
cylinder seal with hunting scene, stone, h: 2.1 cm, with two impression strips, h: 4.2 cm x 2.9 cm (one glued); cylinder seal with figures, h: 1.9 cm and seal stamp with antelope, m: 1.8 cm x 1.8 cm

The cylinder seal, which was used to protect against unauthorized access and to confirm contracts, was invented in southern Mesopotamia / southwest Iran in the second half of the 4th millennium BC and was the dominant form of seal in the ancient Near East until the 1st millennium BC.

The object Six cylinder seals and one seal stamp with the object ID 3051398 was part of the auction Auction 103 on November 16, 2024. The object with the lot number 124 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500 with an asking price of EUR 600.

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Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).