Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal of an Anthropomorphic Figure

Object Description

A fine Western Asiatic, bronze, compartmented and open-work stamp seal in the form of an anthropomorphic figure. The stamp seal is highly stylised, depicting a human standing with their legs together, their feet upturned, and their hands on their hips, elbows turned outwards. The head of the figure is represented by a tear-drop shaped perforation. The arms, though now blocked with encrustations, have been decorated with further rounded or polygonal perforations. The back of the stamp is flat, apart from a tall stalk handle at the centre of the reverse. The cylindrical handle expands upwards to a rounded terminal, pierced at the top.

Date: Circa 2200-1800 BC

Object History

From the late S.M collection, London, UK, 1970-2000. Examined by Professor Wilfred George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Birmingham, in the 1990s. Supplied with a signed Lambert note.

Object Condition

Fine condition. Patina and earthly encrustations to the surface. Signs of wear as consistent with age, such as indentations, scratches, pitting, and minor chipping. Accompanied by a typed paper description signed by Professor W. G. Lambert, the famous Assyriologist.

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