381, Lot: 716. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Chlorite cylinder seal. Neo-Assyrian, circa 9th century BC. A bearded worshipper stands left, his hands raised in supplication before a seated, bearded god with hands raised, holding crescent. The deity is seated on an ornamented throne with six drill-point decorations on the back. Between, Pleiades above a tree. A plant and a star to far right. Height: 32mm. Intact. Cf. Collon (BMC Neo-Assyrian & Neo-Babylonian) 137 for similar.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.