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LOT 1370
Mesopotamian Pink Stone Stamp Seal
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (13.8 grams, 52 mm).
Modelled as an elongated rhomb pierced lengthways; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp seal of pink stone, 51 x 23 x 10 mm,, [sic] an elongated rhomb, pierced lengthways. Design: criss-cross. Mesopotamia or Syria, c. 3500 B.C. Condition very good.' [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in an old British collection formed in the 1960s.
Ex 1990s London collections, having been studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
Formerly with a Mayfair art dealer S.A.
Property of a London gallery.
Accompanied by an original scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.
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