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WESTERN ASIATIC DROP SEAL DEPICTING GEOMETRIC MOTIF
WESTERN ASIATIC DROP SEAL DEPICTING GEOMETRIC MOTIF
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Description
Ca. 2000 - 1000 BC.
A Western asiatic black hard stone stamp seal in drop shape depicting stylised geometric and animal motifs.
Size: 22mm x 17mm; Weight: 2g
Provenance: From a private collection of a London doctor, previously acquired from an established London collection, C.M.; formerly in Sultani family collection, Mayfair, London, early 1990s; acquired between 1960s-1990s. Studied by Prof. Lambert in the 1990s.
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WESTERN ASIATIC DROP SEAL DEPICTING GEOMETRIC MOTIF

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