3rd millennium BC. A very large limestone cylinder seal with incised design of a human figure in active pose with arms raised beside a sacred tree; concentric rings and pellets in the field. 52 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; item number 9(?)-B; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Very fine condition.