Cylinder seal featuring a bearded god wearing a horned tiara and fringed robe.
Seated on a stool, a goddess wearing a horned tiara leads a worshipper by the hand. Behind him, a goddess intercedes. She also wears a horned tiara and a long striped dress. In the field, near the seated god, an eagle spreads its wings. It is inscribed with the name Hésha (scribe), son of Lunarua (a rare name attested at Ur and Lagash).
Hematite.
Sumerian art, 3rd dynasty of Ur (2113 - 2000 B.C.). 
Height: 2.2 cm 

Published by 
DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1963, vol. 57, p. 175, reproduced fig. 1. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer as coming from Baghdad".

Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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Cylinder seal featuring a bearded god wearing a horned tiara and fringed robe. Seated on a stool, a goddess wearing a horned tiara leads a worshipper by the hand. Behind him, a goddess intercedes. She also wears a horned tiara and a long striped dress. In the field, near the seated god, an eagle spreads its wings. It is inscribed with the name Hésha (scribe), son of Lunarua (a rare name attested at Ur and Lagash). Hematite. Sumerian art, 3rd dynasty of Ur (2113 - 2000 B.C.). Height: 2.2 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1963, vol. 57, p. 175, reproduced fig. 1. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer as coming from Baghdad". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.

Estimate
€800 - €1,200
Result
€4,940
Buyer's premium
30%
Cylinder seal featuring a bearded god wearing a horned tiara and fringed robe. Seated on a stool, a goddess wearing a horned tiara leads a worshipper by the hand. Behind him, a goddess intercedes. She also wears a horned tiara and a long striped dress. In the field, near the seated god, an eagle spreads its wings. It is inscribed with the name Hésha (scribe), son of Lunarua (a rare name attested at Ur and Lagash). Hematite. Sumerian art, 3rd dynasty of Ur (2113 - 2000 B.C.). Height: 2.2 cm Published by DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1963, vol. 57, p. 175, reproduced fig. 1. Indicated as "purchased from a Paris antique dealer as coming from Baghdad". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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