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LOT 1066
Old Akkadian Stone Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 2340-2200 BC B.C.
7/8 in. (9.07 grams, 22 mm).
Engraved with a Master of Animals grappling with quadrupeds, a star in the field; drilled vertically for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.021. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene for En-Nanna
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With large central hole, incised frieze of a seated figure receiving an offering from a figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe, column of cuneiform text to the rear: En-Nanna, [son of ] ... is your servant. 8.24 grams, 33 mm
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Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with presentation Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.059. London collection, 2016.
