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Cylinder Seal of Carnelian - OF.285
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 1000 BC to 700 BC

Collection: Near Eastern
Style: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Carnelian

Ł5,300.00
Location: Great Britain

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The design shows a standing god in a long robe open at the front and exposing one leg who is holding off on the left a scorpion man, and on the right a composite creature: fish’s body, front paws of a lion, wings, and a human head. A dog on its haunches forms a terminal.

This is a Neo-Babylonian seal, c. 1000-700 B.C. It is small but finely engraved and in very good condition save from some chipping on the edges. - (OF.285)

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