Lot 398 A NEO-ASSYRIAN STAMP SEAL IN BLUE CHALCEDONY, 7TH CENTURY BC

Reference: ART600740

A Neo-Assyrian stamp seal with a silver filigreed suspension mount. The seal shows two bull-men holding up a winged solar disc, the stand upon an exergal line, below which is cross hatched. A sacred shrine with a stylised tree within a decorated arch or apse is shown between the two figures.
Height with silver mount: 4 cm.
Diameter 2.5 cm.

PROVENANCE
From a European collection formed in the 1980's.