Rare Levantine Red Jasper Cylinder Seal with Complex Scene, Near East, c. 1500-1000 B.C.

(Rare Cylinder Seal)

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Item No.
35.37594
Culture
Near East, Levantine, c. 1500-1000 B.C. 
Item Details.
With two rows of human and animal figures, accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: “Description of Cylinder Seal of Red Jasper, 37 x 12 mm. The upper register shows a seated figure with one arm raised, the other resting on the waist, a human hand(?) between knees and raised arm; two recumbent quadrupeds one above the other, one winged; two standing stags sideways, with heads turned back. The lower register shows, in a scene marked off by a ladder pattern, three standing humans with both hands raised before a tent-like structure with some object affixed to its upper front, two dots behind the structure. The registers are separated by a line with a row of simple crosses beneath it. This is in a rare Levantine style of c. 1500-1000 B.C. The lower register seems to show an act of worship. The condition is almost fine save for a little chipping at the bottom'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.

Provenance: UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Ex Timeline Auctions, UK.

Display stand included

Size
3.7 cm L - 1 7/16 inch
Material
Red Jasper 
Condition
Minor chip to edge, otherwise intact 
Categories
Cylinder Seals
Price.
US$ 1100
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