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LOT 0917
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Hero
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 1/8 in. (8.4 grams, 29 mm).
Barrel-shaped with frieze depicting a human hero with a sword attacking a leaping deer and a winged harpy crouching, the engraving possibly later. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.10.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 286, for type.
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