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LOT 1313
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; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
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 1313
Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Opening Bid: £90
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Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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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A mixed group of small beads, pendants, and mounts. 5.78 grams total, 2-9 mm
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