A Published Neo-Assyrian Hematite Cylinder Seal, ca. 8th Century BCE Jewelry - Earrings Provenance: Private New York collection

Provenance: Private New York collection

Background:  Abie Loy is the eldest of five children and was born at Utopia station

1935 - 2016) was born at Yarungkanji

Provenance: Collection of Joel Lloyd

A Published Neo-Assyrian Hematite Cylinder Seal, ca. 8th Century BCE Jewelry - Earrings Provenance: Private New York collectionAn exceptional Neo Assyrian cylinder seal masterfully carved from fine black hematite depicting a richly symbolic ritual scene. The primary figure is a bearded male, likely a priest, royal figure, or one identified in recent scholarship as an utukkua powerful protective or ancestral spirit that embodies the ancestral king. He stands facing right, grasping a mace (symbol of authority or ritual power) in his left hand, which is raised in a formal