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LOT 0209

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GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 820
USD ($) 630 - 890

Current bid: £20 (+bp*)
(6 Bids, Reserve met)

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(6 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £20
MESOPOTAMIAN AMETHYST CYLINDER SEAL WITH BEARDED GOD
CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
1 in. (6.57 grams, 23 mm).

With bearded male between winged horses; accompanied by an old scholarly note, written and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Amethist [sic] 24 x 11mm. Standing god between two winged horses. North Mesopotamia or West Iran. c.900-600 B.C. Condition good.' [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex Oasis Ancient Art, London, W1, before 1990.
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 1990s.
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.

Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

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