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LOT 0948

Estimate
GBP (£) 200 - 300
EUR (€) 230 - 350
USD ($) 270 - 400

SUMERIAN DOMED STONE STAMP SEAL WITH ANIMALS
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (21.7 grams, 34 mm).

With drilled design of two leaping goats, pierced for suspension; accompanied by a museum quality impression.

PROVENANCE:
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.201; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.

FOOTNOTES:
W.G. Lambert is the late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

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