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THBCylinder Seal with Animal Offering Scene
Lot 211
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TimeLine Auctions Limited
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Auction Venue: The May Fair Hotel London Stratton Street Mayfair London, W1J 8LT Viewing from noon Thursday 22nd Nov. 2018 Champagne Reception: 6pm - 9pm Friday 23rd Nov. 2018 (Day 1) 10am : Lots 1 - 660 TimeLine Auctions Limited enquiries@timelineauctions.com
Auction Venue: The May Fair Hotel London Stratton Street Mayfair London, W1J 8LT Viewing from noon Thursday 22nd Nov. 2018 Champagne Reception: 6pm - 9pm Friday 23rd Nov. 2018 (Day 1) 10am : Lots 1 - 660 TimeLine Auctions Limited enquiries@timelineauctions.com
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- Lot Description
19th-late 16th century BC. A jasper cylinder seal with a robed king holding in both hands a kid as an animal offering, facing right the ascending sun-god Šamaš ('lord of judgement') holding his attribute, the saw-toothed blade, point upward and resting his right foot on a big fish, the robes of both men fall open, between them sun disc above with the crescent moon and below a little nude goddess holding a vase; here the foot of the sun god is not standing as usual on a mountain, a dais, a couchant human-headed bull or a merman on a big fish, a very rare representation, the inscription reading: 'dŠamaš(utu) 2 dA-a dŠamaš: sun-god who represents the brilliant light of the sun and was regarded as a god of truth, justice and right. dAya: goddess of light, the consort of Šamaš, she is associated with sexual love and fruitfulness.' For animal offering before the sun-god Šamaš on OB cylinder seals cf. Collon, D. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals III: Isin/Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods, London, 1986, pl.XXV and XXVI; for the representation of fish on OB cylinder seals see ibid., figs.119, 127, 267, 292, 297, 388, 512, 513, 519, 520, 558; for the inscription cf. ibid., figs.1, 3, 9, et al. 4.41 grams, 24mm (1"). From the collection of a Cambridge connoisseur, Cambridgeshire, UK; formed in the early 20th century; accompanied by a museum quality seal impression.Fine condition. Very rare.
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