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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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