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LOT 0216
Neo-Assyrian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal for the God Samnuha from Samsanu
9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (16.8 grams, 40 mm).
Carved with five columns of cuneiform inscription: 'To the god Samnuha, great lord, Samsanu, eunuch, for the life of [the king) Samnuha-shar-ilani, his Lord, he made and gave (this seal)'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12586-232162.
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.
Cf. Von Der Osten, H.H., Ancient Oriental Seals in the collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell, Chicago, 1934, no.665, for a seal in similar writing style.
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LOT 0216
Neo-Assyrian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal for the God Samnuha from Samsanu
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