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LOT 1126

Sumerian White Stone Cylinder Seal

URUK PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.

1/2 in. (2.85 grams, 12.28 mm).

Drum-shaped with frieze of drilled zoomorphic figures; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1126

Sumerian White Stone Cylinder Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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