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LOT 0218
Neo Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal for a Royal Soldier, Son of Bagi
CIRCA 2200-2100 B.C.
1 in. (6.03 grams, 25 mm).
With frieze depicting two figures in floor-length robes addressing a seated figure in flounced robe; panel with three columns of cuneiform text, reading 'Kudum(?), royal soldier, son of Bagi, officer'; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom 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 0218
Neo Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal for a Royal Soldier, Son of Bagi
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Broad and shallow with incised concentric circles to inner base. 106 grams, 14.8 cm wide
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex Abelita family collection. 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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Ex Swiss European collection, 1980s. Private collection, 1994. Private collection, since the late 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.
