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

Name: Six cylinder seals and one seal stamp
SKU: 3051398
Price: 2500 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 2,500

Provenance

Max Gerhard Heinrich Roden (1922-2023), Norderstedt, Germany

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.