20th century BC. An early Old Babylonian black limestone cylinder seal with a shaven-headed worshipper facing right, wearing a fringed robe hanging down in a curve on either side, raising his right hand, led by the hand by the goddess Lama who wears a flounced robe and a multiple-horned headdress; she raises her left hand and approaches a deified king sitting on a throne; he is clean-shaven and wears a round cap with turban and also a flounced robe, in the hand of his bent right arm he holds a cup; the flounced throne is placed on a panelled dais; above, between the heads of the Lama and the deified king is the four-pointed star with rays, inscribed within the disc (star-disc), and the crescent immediately below; terminating in a framed inscription in two columns; accompanied by a museum-quality impression: 1) 'A-?u-ni 2) ÌR dŠU dEN.Z[U] dKA.[DI]' 'A??ni, servant of the deities ŠU, Sîn (and) Išta[ran].' A??ni = 'Our brother', personal name of the seals owner. The statement of three deities as lords of the seal owner is unique, compare for this: D. Collon, D. Catalogue of the Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals III: Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods, London, 1986, p.17, sub XII (here only given a maximum of two deities"). 12.4 grams, 27mm (1"). Property of a Middlesex lady; acquired on the London art market in 2007; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1980s.