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Sold for (Inc. bp): £910

OLD BABYLONIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL FOR AHI-SHAGISH, SON OF SINIA, SERVANT OF AMURRU
CIRCA 2000-1530 B.C.
1 in. (14.4 grams, 26 mm).

With three columns of cuneiform text: 'Ahi-shagish, son of Sinia, Servant of Amurru', standing figure of a god holding sceptre facing a worshipper accompanied by a goddess wearing long robe and horned crown; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

PROVENANCE:
From 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.

CONDITION
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