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LOT 1381
Sumerian Red Stone Amuletic Seal with Feet
URUK PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1 in. (15 grams, 26 mm).
Square in plan with drilled footprints with four toe impressions to one side; pierced for suspension.
Provenance
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a description from 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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