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W. Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Bead Anthropomorphic

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**Originally Listed At $600**

Western Asia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A pale red-brown cylinder seal bead, pierced through vertically for suspension. The surface is incised with fine-line motifs of very stylized anthropomorphic figures standing and sitting before what looks like an altar. Cylinder seal technology originated in the ancient Near East and spread outward from there, finding its way into western Asia, Egypt, and Arabia. Royals, government officials, scribes, and slaves used them to transact business and send correspondence. They were worn around the neck or wrist and served as a signature and a guarantee, rolled into the moist clay of accounting and governance documents. Size: 0.65" W x 1.25" H (1.7 cm x 3.2 cm); 2.75" H (7 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Zaveloff collection, Lakewood, New Jersey, USA, acquired from Venus Gallery, Israel, in 2002

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.

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Condition Report: The surface is lightly abraded with a few tiny chips, nicks, and scratches, but motifs are clear. Accompanied by a clay rollout.

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**Originally Listed At $600**

Western Asia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A pale red-brown cylinder seal bead, pierced through vertically for suspension. The surface is incised with fine-line motifs of very stylized anthropomorphic figures standing and sitting before what looks like an altar. Cylinder seal technology originated in the ancient Near East and spread outward from there, finding its way into western Asia, Egypt, and Arabia. Royals, government officials, scribes, and slaves used them to transact business and send correspondence. They were worn around the neck or wrist and served as a signature and a guarantee, rolled into the moist clay of accounting and governance documents. Size: 0.65" W x 1.25" H (1.7 cm x 3.2 cm); 2.75" H (7 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Zaveloff collection, Lakewood, New Jersey, USA, acquired from Venus Gallery, Israel, in 2002

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.

#155600
Condition Report: The surface is lightly abraded with a few tiny chips, nicks, and scratches, but motifs are clear. Accompanied by a clay rollout.

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