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LOT 1275
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (4.78 grams, 20 mm).
Tubular in form with lightly-incised rectilinear images and text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
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