Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection by Beatrice Teissier

1984 A.D.

11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (2.03 kg, 28.8 x 22.5 cm).

Teissier, Beatrice, hardcover with dustjacket, 407 pp, profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.

Footnotes

The cylinder seals catalogued and described in this volume are part of an exceptional collection of seals amassed by the Marcopoli family in Aleppo. The collection contains one of the most comprehensive groupings of cylinder seals discovered so far. Some 720 cylinder seals are discussed and described.

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