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LOT 1332
Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (27.4 grams, 23 mm).
Drum-shaped with drilled frieze of scenes depicting a seated figure on a segmented seat.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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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LOT 1332
Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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