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LOT 0213
Large Akkadian White Stone Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (57 grams, 45 mm).
Displaying a frieze composed of human and animal figures; drilled vertically for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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