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LOT 1219

Western Asiatic Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal

EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5/8 in. (2.76 grams, 16 mm).

Depicting two standing figures each wearing a floor-length robe and with bouffant hair, holding a drawn sword above an altar with starburst above; third similar figure to rear, objects in the field; scene divider a bilinear guilloche motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1219

Western Asiatic Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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