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Cylinder seal from the Neo-Assyrian kings, 9th.-7th. BC. A large and outstanding cylinder. An archer as a super human being is shooting at a monster - a winged lion with a human head, possible a Sphinx. In the center appears to be an alter of Marduk. In the sky 7 dots representing the Pleiades, a crescent and a fish. Artistic and outstanding cylinder seal! Size: 31 mm. Condition: Nearly superb, remnants of the original ancient bronze mount stuck inside! Provenance: Ex Oliver Antique. Ex Swedish private collection - purchased during the 1950s at Viktoria Lindströms Antikhandel, Stockholm. Her business card in the collection together with notes.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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