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Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
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LOT 0238

Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene

CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

3/8 in. (1.57 grams, 10 mm).

With frieze depicting a a seated figure holding a vessel in one extended hand, a star, a leaping dog, a nude female facing, two advancing attendants; 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 0238

Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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