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LOT 0942
Western Asiatic Bronze Cylinder Seal Pendant
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (19.2 grams, 26 mm).
A rare bronze cylinder seal with loop; two registers depicting figures with a wheeled vehicle, domestic animals and other items; possibly from the Bactria-Margiana archaeological complex.
Provenance
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late S.M., thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. cylinder seal of similar type of Bronze Age date in the collection of the British Museum, London, under reference 1936,1223.3.
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