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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.

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LOT 0997

Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Fish

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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