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LOT 1308

Sold for (Inc. bp): £351

JEMDET NASR TYPE PINK STONE ANIMAL SEAL
LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 in. (17.8 grams, 41 mm).

Plano-convex in section with ribbed obverse, hooked beak, drilled suspension holes; drilled pattern to reverse.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 58.30.3, for type.

CONDITION
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