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LOT 0181
Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
24TH-22ND CENTURY B.C.
1 1.8 in. (16.1 grams, 29 mm).
A marble cylinder seal with frieze; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of white marble, 28 x 20 mm. Design : a standing hero with spikey hair is defending two horned animals being attacked by two lions. A second such hero is grappling with a monster with long plait. Akkadian, c.2400-2200 B.C. Condition very good save for chipped edges.'
ProvenanceFrom an important family collection.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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LOT 0181
Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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