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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]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.18.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
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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