Standing composite figure with human legs and body, but a bird's wings and head, placed between a large recumbent horned quadruped with long neck and a smaller horned quadruped with short neck; scorpion, hand, fish and star fillers. The whole of the design in enclosed within upper and lower rules. This is a good example of the Mitanni "Elaborate Style", from anywhere between north-western Iran and the eastern Mediterranean. As is normal for such Mitanni seals, the cutting was done entirely with three semi-mechanical tools: the drill, the tubular drill and the cutting wheel. Comes with translation and dating by Professor W.G. Lambert of the Birmingham University, England. Size: 2.4 cm L - 15/16 inch Material: Brown Hematite Culture: Mitanni, c. 1500-1250 B.C. Condition: A gash on the standing figure, otherwise intact. Provenance: UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Ex TimeLine Auction, lot 221. The seller guarantees that this item has been legally acquired & will be legally exported, related documents seen by Catawiki. This item do not need an export licence within the EU. The seller will inform the buyer if it needs a UK export licence outside the EU Worldwide shipping by Registered Mail. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity N.B. Import duties may be incurred on orders shipped to countries outside the UK. Notice: We are not able to ship to Greece and Cyprus.