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LOT 0842
Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (14.4 grams, 26 mm).
With shallow-carved frieze of advancing spearmen above running horses; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.219; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
FootnotesW.G. Lambert, is the late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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