371, Lot: 1213. Estimate $200. Sold for $735. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hematite cylinder seal. Cappadocian Provincial, contemporary with the Old Babylonian Period, circa 1925-1750 BC. Fragmentary seal with two supplicants facing left before an altar and a priest facing right, hands raised in supplication. Behind, a column of devices, each separated by a single line: below, a rabbit; mid-height, a knot; and above, a recumbent lion to right.
Height: 16mm. A fractional piece with much of the top portion missing.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.