NEO-BABYLONIAN ROCK CRYSTAL STAMP SEAL WITH PRIESTS

Ca. 600 - 450 BC A Neo-Babylonian cylinder seal, depicting priests worshipping the lunar crescent. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Size: 36mm x 25mm; Weight: 29.5g
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.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900