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Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
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LOT 1256

Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

1 1/2 in. (15.5 grams, 38 mm).

With a male attendant kneeling on each side of a sacred tree, winged sun disc above; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 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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LOT 1256

Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene

Sold for (Inc. bp): £585

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