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LOT 0201
Early Dynastic Shell Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (6.6 grams, 38 mm).
With incuse design in two rows; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Fossil Shell, 38x10 mm. The design is a pattern in two identical but staggered registers. In each there are two alternating motifs: the one a simple cross with horizontal and diagonal cuts around it, the other more like a flying insect also with supporting cuts. From Mesopotamia, c. 3000 B.C. Condition good.'
ProvenanceEx S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Accompanied by an original type and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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