410, Lot: 1019. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hematite cylinder seal. Old Babylonian Period, 1925-1595 BC. Two standing deities, one holding sickle and the other with knife and split kaunakes; between them, a device associated with the water deity Apsu; to right, two supplicants stand facing one another, one holding a goat and one a scepter, with pillar between them (24x13mm). Two chips. Some wear and evidence of re-cutting in antiquity.