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LOT 0930

Western Asiatic Grey Stone Geometric Cylinder Seal

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

3/4 in. (5.1 grams, 18 mm).

With carved geometric design of chevrons and fusils on a hatched field.

Provenance

From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.61; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.

Footnotes

The late W.G. Lambert was Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham in the period 1970-1993.

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LOT 0930

Western Asiatic Grey Stone Geometric Cylinder Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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