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LOT 0212

Large Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Figures

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/8 in. (33.1 grams, 35 mm).

Cotton-reel type seal with incuse frieze including standing figure with whip, water-bearer, opposed bulls and other motifs; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

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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LOT 0212

Large Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Figures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680

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