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LOT 0281

Sumerian Bone Cylinder Seal

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 in. (4.42 grams, 24 mm).

With frieze in two registers depicting running animals, facing figure with arms raised and other items.

Provenance

Ex 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 0281

Sumerian Bone Cylinder Seal

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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