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LOT 1236
Mesopotamian Susa Type Stamp Seal
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (20.7 grams, 39 mm).
A large oval stamp seal with a loop to the top with engraved X-motifs, the underside with a quadruped and snakes, stars(?) in exergue.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
Accompanied by a copy of a report from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
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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