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LOT 0902
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Figures
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (20.5 grams, 22 mm).
With frieze of D-shaped figures and trees between. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.069.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 697, for type.
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