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LOT 1116
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
2500-2300 B.C.
1 in. (7.33 grams, 23 mm).
The scene engraved in a single register, comprising three heroes upending two lions, a rearing stag behind one of the heroes; accompanied by a museum-quality impression; old collection sticker '120' to one end.
ProvenanceCotswold, UK, collection.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late Professor W.G. Lambert, numbered 120.
Accompanied by an old collection ticket.
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Akkadian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Inscription
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With figural panel depicting a standing male in short tunic with fronds extending from his shoulders facing a female in a tiered robe standing beside a tree; to her rear, a second figure in floor-length garment holding staves, objects in the field; two and a half columns of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 10.7 grams, 25 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. 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.
