19th-16th century BC. A haematite cylinder seal, drilled vertically for suspension, accompanied by a museum-quality impression and an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'The design shows two standing facing figures. On the left is the shepherd god Amurru, in short clothes to the knees, and holding up his crook. He is wearing a pointed hat. On the right is a worshipper with bare head and wearing short clothes, one hand hanging down. Between the two is a vertical row of animals: a winged sphynx at the top, a lion beneath, and beneath that two unclear quadrupeds. A two-line inscription in Sumerian cuneiform names the god: Amurru, son of An. This is an Old Babylonian seal, c. 1900-1600 BC. It is rare for its details, probably without parallel, but the art is crude and the bottom is chipped.' 9 grams, 24mm (1"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; item number T-122; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s; accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.