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LOT 1014
Sumerian Buff Stone Cylinder Seal
URUK PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1/2 in. (4.04 grams, 14.25 mm).
Drum-shaped with frieze of drilled zoomorphic images to the sidewall; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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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Western Asiatic Ceramic Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung to a Y-shape using variously shaped beads in blue, green and cream. 19.3 grams, 37.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 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. -
Western Asiatic Hebrew Stamp Seal Matrix
Early 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Conical body with large ribbed loop above, four incised characters to the underside. 3.65 grams, 14 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 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.
