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LOT 1317
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 3/4 in. (14.4 grams total, 15-19 mm).
Comprising: a dark brown steatite seal with linear motifs; a white limestone seal with a wave motif; a black steatite seal with a diabolo-shaped striped pattern; a hematite seal with two worship scenes, four figures and a small offering table; a white limestone seal with linear motifs and figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.8, 20, 21, 37, and one handwritten.
Cf. seals with similar patterns in Buchanan, B., Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, New Yale and London, 1981, nos.147-152,205.
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