Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C. A rock crystal cylinder seal with incuse design divided horizontally by a line of crescents; an advancing figure with smaller figures at his feet, a large tree, animals and other objects in the field. Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum, London, under reference 1978,0415.2. 16.8 grams, 43 mm (1 3/4 in.). From an important family collection.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.