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LOT 0194
Mesopotamian Red Stone Cylinder Seal
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (30 grams, 24 mm).
Drum-shaped with frieze of crouching worshippers, each with arms raised and hair worn in a braid behind the head; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 3, for type.
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LOT 0194
Mesopotamian Red Stone Cylinder Seal
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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