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LOT 1116

Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/4 in. (19.3 grams, 31 mm).

With scene of stylised lions hunting antelopes; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s.
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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LOT 1116

Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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