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LOT 0959
Western Asiatic Red Jasper Cylinder Seal
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (6.3 grams, 32 mm).
With incised linear ornament and drilled pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.22.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 23, for type.
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