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LOT 0997

Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Fish

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/2 in. (11.5 grams, 37 mm).

With frieze of fish in profile within a field of zigzag lines; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0997

Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Fish

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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