Mesopotamia Cylindrical seal (roller) Supposed from the third millennium BC

    Seal from the Mesopotamia datable from 2330 BC It reproduces a scene of Presentation (of probably the owner) to a god. Extremely rare and precious object, probably belonging to one of the Kings of the Sicilian-Norman dynasty, probably taken, or offered to the king, as part of a loot, after an expedition in the Holy Land, mistaken for and treasured as a holy relic.

Dimensions of the object
Diameter: 1.7 cm ; Height 3.5 cm

Bibliography
- "L'età normanna e sveva in Sicilia", catalogo della mostra a Palazzo dei Normanni a Palermo, organizzata dall'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Palermo, 1994.
- B. Rocco "Un sigillo mesopotamico del terzo millennio a. C. conservato nel tesoro della Cappella Palatina di Palermo" Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze Lettere ed Arti di Palermo. 1981-82 .
- D. Collon, "Near Eastern Seals", London, 1990.

Location
Palermo, Tesoro della Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei Normanni

Photography
G. Cappellani