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LOT 1233

Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Sea Creatures

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

5/8 in. (5.86 grams, 15 mm).

Frieze of drilled figures with bilobed bodies and radiating limbs.

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.

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LOT 1233

Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Sea Creatures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

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