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LOT 1334
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Sun-Whorl
CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (24.5 grams, 39 mm).
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 39x39x12 mm. This is round with flat compartmented face and flat back on which is mounted a broad handle of inverted U-shape. The design consists of a central circle from which eight curving bands spread to the edge, creating a whorl, the bands being hatched. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It is in very good condition and the hatching on the base of the compartments is unusual.'
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
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