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LOT 0245
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (2.7 grams, 20 mm).
With incised frieze of a standing crowned figure offering a frond to a facing female figure with a third in floor-length garment behind, two columns of later cuneiform text to the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.036.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 108, for type.
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