3rd-2nd millennium BC. A substantial polished grey stone pillar idol of waisted cylindrical form with shallow transverse slot to each flat face. Cf. Pottier, M.H., Matériel funéraire de la Bactriane méridonale de L' Age du Bronze, Mémoire, Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 36, p.16, pl.V, nos.34-5, for two similar lingams called 'masses d'arme', and p.43, pl.XXXV, nos.292-3, for similar yoni; also, Schmidt, E.F., Tepe Hissar Excavations, 1931; The Museum Journal, XXIII, no.4, 1933, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pl.CXXXVI.4.8 kg, 24cm (9 1/2"). Ex Pars Antiques, Mayfair, London; in the 1990s.[No Reserve]