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LOT 0207
Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Scorpion and Bird
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.32 grams, 17 mm).
With pointillé design of two birds one above the other, a scorpion and a tulip.
Provenance
From 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.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 181, for type.
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LOT 0207
Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Scorpion and Bird
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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