Inscribed cylinder seal featuring a bearded figure wearing a turban and fringed robe. He is seated on a stool, holding a vase. Facing him is a worshipper, behind whom stands an interceding goddess. A small monkey, a measuring instrument and a dragon are also depicted. Inscribed Aia (and) Šamaš. Sumerian art, 3rd dynasty of Ur (2113 - 2000 B.C.). Hematite. Height: 2.2 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1963, vol. 57, p. 176, reproduced fig. 2. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer as coming from Baghdad". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.