Circa. 1400-1100 BC.The design shows two standing, facing figures. Both wear close-fitting hats with brims and long robes to the feet, but different decorated. The one on the left has a beard and is male, the one on the right has no beard and is female. She is raising both while he is holding up one hand only. Between them is a much smaller figure similarly clad, he is facing right. Also between them are a rhomb and a Cassite cross. The remainder of the space is taken up with a five-line inscription in Sumerian cuneiform. The seal is accompanied by a copy of a scientific note typed and signed by Professor WG Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. Pittman, Holly, in collaboration with Joan Aruz. 1987. Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Size: L:40mm / W:17mm ; 13.5gProvenance: From the important collection of a London doctor A.R; passed by descent to his son; formerly acquired between 1970-2000. Big parts of the collection were studied/published by Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.