A Published Neo-Assyrian Hematite Cylinder Seal, ca. 8th Century BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 with a connection loop on

with a connection loop on the reverse

Switzerland since 1993

perhaps a shield

ritual practices

A Published Neo-Assyrian Hematite Cylinder Seal, ca. 8th Century BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 with a connection loop onAn exceptional Neo Assyrian cylinder seal masterfully carved from fine black hematite depicting a richly symbolic ritual scene. The primary figure is a bearded male, likely a priest, royal figure, or one identified in recent scholarship as an utukkua powerful protective or ancestral spirit that embodies the ancestral king. He stands facing right, grasping a mace (symbol of authority or ritual power) in his left hand, which is raised in a formal