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LOT 0948

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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LOT 0948

Sumerian Domed Stone Stamp Seal with Animals

Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)

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