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LOT 0303
Sumerian Lapis Lazuli Amuletic Animal Seal
URUK PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (7.6 grams, 28.6 mm).
Plano-convex in section with incuse pair of animals to the underside.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a description by Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
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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