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AKKADIAN SALMON PINK LIMESTONE DOUBLE REGISTER CYLINDER SEAL Upper: a seated king offers a cup to a figure standing before him; a star above, a scorpion behind, a laden palm is the terminus. Lower: cross-hatching. Published: Erlenmeyer: ‘Über die Bildkunst im Alten Orient und in der Ägäis zu Beginn des 3. Jahrtausends.’ I, Orientalia, Nova Series, vol. 27, 1958, Pl. LIV, No. 116 and p. 369 Ex Erlenmeyer Collection of Western Asiatic Antiquities (acquired between 1943 and 1960). North Mesopotamia, Ca. 2200-2000 BC 38 x 11 mm. Art of the Ancient World, 2001, no. 393 BLR95 $3,250 Sales |
