Cylinder seal featuring a bearded male deity Seated on a seat with straight legs and wearing a horned tiara. His right arm is raised as a sign of speech. Opposite him stands a bearded worshipper, dressed in a fringed cloak and offering an animal. Behind this worshipper, two other dignitaries stand in a row, each holding a staff or scepter. An eight-pointed star appears in the field as a divine symbol. Hematite. Beautiful engraving. Mesopotamia, Paleo-Babylonian (circa 1900-1700 B.C.) Height: 3.4 cm Provenance : Estate. "Collection of seals, cylinders, amulets" in a 1999 partition inventory.