9th-6th century BC. A glazed composition cylinder seal with standing birds; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Faience 27 x 10.5 mm. The design, which is put between upper and lower rules, shows two standing birds. facing. The one on the right has a human head, the one on the left has a bird's head with long beak. There is a simple cross and a short line in the field. This is an ancient Near Eastern seal. c. 900-600 B.C., from any area between the eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. It is in very good condition.' 3.23 grams, 27mm (1"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; item number 1710; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s; accompanied by a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.