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LOT 0947
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (19.5 grams, 22 mm).
With drilled design of larger and smaller pellets regularly placed. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.068.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 4, for type.
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