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LOT 0212
Western Asiatic Sintered Quartz Cylinder Seal
NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE, 934-609 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (8.56 grams, 35 mm).
Fusiform with hunting scene, standing figure infringed robe drawing a bow at an antelope. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Collon, D., First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 337.
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