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LOT 0239
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene and Inscription
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.23 grams, 17 mm).
With frieze depicting a seated figure holding up a vessel in one extended hand, star and crescent above; before him, a facing figure in fringed robe and another in flounced robe with hands raised; two columns of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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LOT 0239
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene and Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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