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LOT 1049
Old Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Goat Scenes
2340-2200 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (4.1 grams, 29 mm).
Carnelian with double register; to the top a kneeling naked male facing forward with curly hair and beard, holding plants in both hands towards a pair of goats to either side; the lower register with goats either side of a central plant motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an important London collection, formed before 1990.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
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