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LOT 0222

Old Babylonian Red Stone Cylinder Seal

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

3/4 in. (3.41 grams, 19 mm).

Frieze in three registers: two crouching gryphons facing each other on a hatched base; below, advancing ox; court scene with a profile figure seated on a dais holding a vessel and facing two advancing figures in robes with open front, one leg exposed; sapling scene-divider; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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 0222

Old Babylonian Red Stone Cylinder Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235

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