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LOT 1717
Mesopotamian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Cuneiform Text
CIRCA 2000 B.C.
7/8 in. (4.22 grams, 22.94 mm).
With frieze depicting two standing figures with hatched bodies and two serpent-heads each, behind a rearing centipede-like creature with triangular head; two columns of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression and old collector's record card. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of the late Mr W.
Magee, Hartlepool, County Durham, UK, 1960s-1990s, thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information card.
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LOT 1717
Mesopotamian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Cuneiform Text
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
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