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LOT 0233
Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
CIRCA 2100 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (141 grams, 12.1 cm).
With domed upper face, conical body; incised vertical lines dividing the surface into segments, each with impressed cuneiform text.
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.45.90.
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LOT 0233
Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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