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.

CONDITION

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