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LOT 1136
Large Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Bull-Men Contest Scenes
LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (23.9 grams, 26 mm).
Haematite with a bull-man holding a rearing ibex, a naked bearded male facing frontally and holding a goat upside down, a naked bearded male facing frontally holding a rearing human-headed bull with long beard. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an important London collection, formed before 1990.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
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LOT 1136
Large Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Bull-Men Contest Scenes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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