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LOT 0192
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
LARGE AKKADIAN INSCRIBED CYLINDER SEAL WITH CONTEST SCENES
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (22.8 grams, 30 mm).
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (22.8 grams, 30 mm).
Green serpentine with two contest scenes between beast-men and rearing animals, three columns of cuneiform text. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From the Rihani family collection, formed 1970-1980s.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
