NEO-ELAMITE OR PARTHIAN STONE CYLINDER SEAL
Ca. 7th - 3rd century BC or later
A reddish stone Neo-Elamite or Parthian cylinder seal. It depicts a worshiper (with Elamite cap?) in front of an altar with an enthroned deity or king. Multiple wedges are found in the exergue.
Size: L:20.4mm / W:9.6mm ; 3.35g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Estimate: GBP 200 - 300
Price realized | 160 GBP |
Starting price | 100 GBP |
Estimate | 200 GBP |