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LOT 1024
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal for Shamash-ili, son of Nirgal-gamil
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (9.16 grams, 28 mm).
Engraved with a frieze composed of human figures and columns of text: Shamash-ili, son of Nirgal-gamil (?), servant of (the god) Sakkud.; drilled vertically for suspension.
Provenance
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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LOT 1024
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal for Shamash-ili, son of Nirgal-gamil
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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