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LOT 1420
Sumerian Stone Skirt
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (14.7 grams, 32 mm).
Plano-convex in section with a later (20th century) band of largely untranslated cuneiform style text; a skirt from a figure.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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 1420
Sumerian Stone Skirt
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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