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LOT 0201
Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (4.32 grams, 17 mm).
Haematite with frieze depicting a male and female figure surrounded by birds and mythical beasts beside a single male.
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.
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LOT 0201
Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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