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LOT 0988
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.8 grams, 33 mm).
Engraved with a figure seated on a throne together with a number of standing human figures and symbols in the field; 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 0988
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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