SealsNeo-Assyrian9th-7th century BCE
Cylinder Seal with Figures and Tree
883-612 BCE
Description
Beardless diety in horned-headdress and front-open skirt stands with both hands raised; the upper body of the deity is surrounded by dots forming like a halo. Before the deity stands a bearded worshipper in a long fringed robe. Between the two figures appears to be a sacrificial table or altar. Star, crescent and the Pleiades are in the terminal field.
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock, Istanbul; sold [through Christie's, New York, June 13, 2000, no.545] to Harvard University Art Museums.
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