900-750 BC. A carved fossiliferous limestone cylinder seal with a worshipping scene; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Black/Green Stone, 34.5 x 15 mm. The scene consists of three main figures, all standing and wearing the same long fringed robes, but the two on the right racing left have a horn at the front of their hairbands, while the one figure facing right lacks this pointer. Thus the middle figure is a god (bearded!), and the figure on the right is a goddess (not bearded"). The two deities both raise one hand, and hold something in the other. The god holds a rod-like object, thicker at the ends than in the middle. The goddess holds a nearly semi-circular object with close lines over it, as if a small musical instrument. The facing figure on the left is the human worshipper, raising one hand with index finger extended, holding out the other hand with palm cupped. A terminal is formed of star above the spade of Marduk. Also in the sky are the lunar crescent and eight dots (not the usual seven"). The two styluses of Nebû, a rhomb, and sundry shapes fill spaces. This is a Neo-Assyrian seal, c. 900-750 B.C., but possibly from the Assyrian empire rather than from one of the capital cities. It is somewhat worn, but the design remains very clear.' 13.1 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s, item number 46; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.