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LOT 1154
Neo-Sumerian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
UR III, 22ND-21ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (7.59 grams, 25 mm).
With broad central piercing, frieze with seated king in a tiered robe facing two robed supplicants, scorpion and goat to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.18.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 101, for type.
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LOT 1154
Neo-Sumerian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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Opening Bid: £500
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Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman. -
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2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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From specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s. The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
