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LOT 0301
Sumerian Buff Stone Boar-Shaped Amulet Seal
URUK / JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3500-2900 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (23.7 grams, 48 mm).
Modelled in the round with incuse running animals to the underside, sockets to the eyes and lateral piercing.
Provenance
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a description by Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
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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