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An Intaglio Stone Cylinder Seal, Syria or Anatolia 2nd-1st Millenium BCE This cylindrical stone seal, intricately carved in intaglio, was designed to be rolled across clay or wax to produce a repeating impression typically serving as a mark of identity or ownership. Cylinder seals like this were often worn or carried and pressed into wet surfaces to secure or authenticate goods, containers, and documents. Originating in Mesopotamia and widely adopted across Syria, Anatolia, and the Levant, cylinder seals were essential tools in administrative and commercial life, as well as symbols of personal authority. This seal has a contemporary wax reproduction of the seal and shows the design of a kneeling king wearing a kilt and crown, a quiver of arrows at the nak and drawing the bow. Next to the figure is a gazelle. Seal L29 D7mm Provenance Ex private collection, London