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Scroll seal with worship scene. Neo-Assyrian (ball burin style), ca. 800 - 650 BC. H 3.2 cm, ø 1.5 cm. Milky white chalcedony. Bearded figure in a long robe, both hands outstretched, in front of a deity with polos surrounded by a halo of rays, with a crescent moon and rhombus in between. Behind the deity crouches the serpent dragon Mushchushshu, symbolic animal of the god Marduk, who carries a spade and stylus, the symbols of his son Nabû, on his back; above him hovers a winged sun. With certificate of authenticity by Prof. W. G. Lambert (August 1986, copy)! With unrolling! Published in: E. Rehm, Rollsiegel aus einer hessischen Privatsammlung, Ugarit-Forschungen 35, 2003, no. 53. intact. Provenance: Ex collection J. K.-E., Hesse, acquired between 1981- 1994.

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Scroll seal with worship scene. Neo-Assyrian (ball burin style), ca. 800 - 650 BC. H 3.2 cm, ø 1.5 cm. Milky white chalcedony. Bearded figure in a long robe, both hands outstretched, in front of a deity with polos surrounded by a halo of rays, with a crescent moon and rhombus in between. Behind the deity crouches the serpent dragon Mushchushshu, symbolic animal of the god Marduk, who carries a spade and stylus, the symbols of his son Nabû, on his back; above him hovers a winged sun. With certificate of authenticity by Prof. W. G. Lambert (August 1986, copy)! With unrolling! Published in: E. Rehm, Rollsiegel aus einer hessischen Privatsammlung, Ugarit-Forschungen 35, 2003, no. 53. intact. Provenance: Ex collection J. K.-E., Hesse, acquired between 1981- 1994.

Estimate 640 - 800 EUR
Starting price 640 EUR

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