Beschreibung:

Indus Valley Large Stamp Seal with Bird-Headed Figure 23rd-20th century BC A bronze discoid seal with flange rim, loop handle, openwork image of a bird-headed figure flanked by opposed birds, outline to the underside, accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 85 x 95 x 28mm. This is round, with flat face and flat back, on which is mounted a handle of inverted U-shape. The design, which is both compartmented and part open-work, consists of a standing creature with body and arms like a man, but long feathers covering the body from waist down, and wings spread from the chest, and the head is somewhat human, but has a bird's beak for a nose. On each side there is a bird perching on the covered legs with wings a little raised and the head reaching to the central creature's wings. The whole is surrounded by a plain outer band. The design is given in outline in the compartments, but is engraved in more detail on the back. This comes from west central Asia and