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LOT 1191
Early Dynastic Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (7.63 grams, 18 mm).
Lapis lazuli with the figure of a standing figure with bull head, human body, bull legs and tail, holding a pair of standing ibex by the heads; a standing naked male with radiate headdress and holding a pair of rearing lions by the necks; a standing figure with bull head and legs holding a rearing goat; a standing figure with bull head and legs and holding a pair of rearing ibex. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an important London collection; formed before 1990.
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.
Literature
Cf. W. Orthmann, PKG 14, Berlin 1975, p.230, fig.42a.
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