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LOT 1123
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Trial Piece
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 1/8 in. (6.06 grams, 30 mm).
Steatite or talc with two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?); possibly unfinished. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.083.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, for discussion.
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