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Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures
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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.

Provenance

From 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1313

Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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