Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with the weather and storm god Adad standing of his symbol animal (the bull), holding in his left hand the lightning-fork, faces the suppliant goddess Lama; inscription: 1: dingir bi/ga ud … mi-lik … / 2: dumu A-bi-zum 'son of Abizum,' / 3: ìr ?nin-si4-an-na 'servant of Ninsianna' / 4: ù ?kab-ta 'and Kabta'. See Collon, D., First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, for discussion; Cylinder Seals III: Isin~Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods, London, 1986, no.446-461; for the inscription, l. 3-4 cf. ibd., no.477 and 594. 18.4 grams, 28 mm (1 1/8 in.).

Ex Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.

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