Old Syrian, ca. early 2nd millennium BC. A Levantine hematite cylinder seal. It depicts deities and a royal hero with schematic ornaments in the field. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:20.7mm / W:12.3mm ; 9.11gProvenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.