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LOT 0229
Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
CIRCA 2000-2300 B.C.
1 in. (9.21 grams, 24 mm).
With frieze depicting rearing ibexes and lions in combat; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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