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LOT 1056

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; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

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.
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 1056

Sumerian Bone Cylinder Seal

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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