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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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