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LOT 1014
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Frog Amulet
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
3/4 in. (2.38 grams, 21 mm).
With a flat cross-section, a suspension loop drilled through the head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Mesopotamian Shell Bead Necklace
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal for (the god) Ea and (the goddess) Dangalnuna
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