Neo-Babylonian Stone Stamp Seal Bead

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Neo-Babylonian period, ca. mid-1st millennium BCE. A stamp seal of a tapered columnar form that is carved from tan and brown stone with clear crystalline inclusions. The stamp face of the octagonal seal features an incised scene of a bearded, left-facing man holding a needle-form rod while standing in front of an altar adorned with a trio of slender spears. Above the scene is an incised sun or star suggestive of a god. A bow-drilled suspension hole is bored through the top peripheries so it could be worn on a necklace strand or a bracelet. Size: 0.875" W x 1.125" H (2.2 cm x 2.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, New York, New York, USA; ex-private Khabbazi collection, acquired January 10, 1992

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Condition Report: Minute chips to upper and lower peripheries, with minor softening to some incised details, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to details on stamp face and great surface smoothness throughout.