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LOT 1067
Mesopotamian Stone Seal with Engraved Design
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (2.98 grams, 22 mm).
Bifacial with one chamfered edge, cuneiform legend to the flat face.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
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.
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