A Published Neo-Assyrian Hematite Cylinder Seal, ca. 8th Century BCE Jewelry - Earrings 1935 - 2016) was born

1935 - 2016) was born at Yarungkanji

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Provenance: Collection of Joel Lloyd

Married to Sir William Dale

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A Published Neo-Assyrian Hematite Cylinder Seal, ca. 8th Century BCE Jewelry - Earrings 1935 - 2016) was bornAn exceptional Neo Assyrian cylinder seal masterfully carved from fine black hematite depicting a richly symbolic ritual scene. The primary figure is a bearded male, likely a priest, royal figure, or one identified in recent scholarship as an utukkua powerful protective or ancestral spirit that embodies the ancestral king. He stands facing right, grasping a mace (symbol of authority or ritual power) in his left hand, which is raised in a formal