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LOT 0225
Sumerian Alabaster Cylinder Seal
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (4.1 grams, 24 mm).
Waisted cylinder with deeply incuse bird figure flanked by human figure, star, stag's head and others; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
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