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LOT 0214
Ur II Period Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Dedicatory 'Gutua to Inka' Inscription
2200-2000 B.C.
3/4 in. (2.96 grams, 20 mm).
With frieze depicting a standing figure addressing a seated figure and four columns of cuneiform text, reading 'Gutua to Inka, his Sister / Lady, He Gave (This Seal)'; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Acquired in 1995.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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 0214
Ur II Period Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Dedicatory 'Gutua to Inka' Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
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