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Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Ishtar Presentation Scene Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Ishtar Presentation Scene Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Ishtar Presentation Scene
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LOT 1128

Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Ishtar Presentation Scene

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 in. (10.6 grams, 28 mm).

With frieze depicting a king and a suppliant goddess approaching the goddess Ishtar and a faint two-lined cuneiform inscription; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 April 2001, lot 504 (haematite) and 513 (part).
with Petit Musée, Montreal, acquired at the above sale; thence by descent.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.

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LOT 1128

Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Ishtar Presentation Scene

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

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