Object Description
A Western Asiatic Bactrian stamp seal moulded from bronze. The seal features a circular disc enriched with a stylised insect at the centre. The insect displays an oval body with two pairs of legs out-splayed. Four semicircles decorate the background. The reverse is unadorned with the exception of a loop for suspension. There is wax residue to the seal from where it has been previously used.
Accompanied with a paper description signed by Professor W. G. Lambert, the famous Assyriologist.
Date: Circa 2300 – 2000 BC