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LOT 0199
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
LATE 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (6.9 grams, 23 mm).
With frieze depicting a hunting scene with a lion leaping to attack a kilted hero with a kopis supported by a small figure holding an arrow, a stag and a standing kilted attendant with two javelins; animals and objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 426, for type.
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