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LOT 1138

Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 7/8 in. (6.44 grams, 23.48 mm).

With frieze including a standing robed figure, kneeling figure, frond and other items; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1996.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1138

Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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