Description:

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3100 to 2600 BCE. A hand-carved limestone cylinder seal with a narrow suspension hole drilled through the center. Incised across the surface is a brocade-style diamond or rhomboid pattern. Custom putty rollout included. Size: 0.53" L x 0.51" W x 0.59" H (1.3 cm x 1.3 cm x 1.5 cm)

Cf. M.-L. & H. Erlenmeyer, Orientalia, n.s. 25, 1956, pl. 28, fig. 63; F. Digard, Repertoire analytique des cylindres orientaux, Paris, 1975

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Howard T. Knapp collection, Florida, USA, from the 1960s to 1980s

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#184741

  • Condition: Minor chips and abrasions, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to incised motif.

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