Western Asiatic Stone Seal with Engraved Design

4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/8 in. (19 grams, 37 mm).

Triangular in plan and plano-convex in section with drilled upper face, geometric design to underside.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. seal in similar style from Northern Mesopotamia or Iran, Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr, in Pittman, H., Ancient Art in Miniature, Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, New York, 1987, no. 4, pp.48-49.

CONDITION

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