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LOT 0970

Western Asiatic Grey Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/8 in. (10.9 grams, 30 mm).

Irregular carved stone seal with frieze depicting a standing human figure with raised arms, two long-necked quadrupeds (bulls?) and a frond or bush; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.3; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.

Footnotes

W.G. Lambert is the late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

CONDITION

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LOT 0970

Western Asiatic Grey Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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