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LOT 0246
Mesopotamian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Healing Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (33.9 grams, 39 mm).
With intaglio frieze depicting two tall robed female figures with a sun-disc in mid-air between them and with a smaller figure holding a spear, to the rear a fruit-bearing tree and a third tall figure holding a long tool or weapon; border formed with three vertical lines and a row of triangles; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
From a Cotswold, UK, collection; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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LOT 0246
Mesopotamian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Healing Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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