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LOT 0417
Egyptian Cylinder Seal with Cartouche of Ramesses II
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY 1304-1237 B.C.
1 in. (5.01 grams, 25 mm).
With crisp detail of crosshatched panels, hieroglyphic text in one and a cartouche in the other with the regnal name of Ramesses II (User-Maat-Re-setep-en-Re), supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Gustave Mustaki, Alexandria, Egypt; exported from Egypt to the UK c.1950.
Elsa McLellan, UK; by descent from the above.
Private collection, London, UK; by descent from the above.
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