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Ca. 2500 - 2000 BC.
A Sumerian hard stone seal depicting two gods. On the right there is a seated god dressed in a long robe and horned crown. On the left there is a standing god raising their arms to the seated god. On the reverse, there are four vertical lines of cuneiform script and a longitudinally drilled hole. For similar see: Christie's, Live auction 1091, Antiquities, Lot. 365.
Size: 25mm x 23mm; Weight: 42g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collection, 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
A Sumerian hard stone seal depicting two gods. On the right there is a seated god dressed in a long robe and horned crown. On the left there is a standing god raising their arms to the seated god. On the reverse, there are four vertical lines of cuneiform script and a longitudinally drilled hole. For similar see: Christie's, Live auction 1091, Antiquities, Lot. 365.
Size: 25mm x 23mm; Weight: 42g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collection, 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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SUMERIAN SQUARE STONE SEAL
Estimate £400 - £600
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