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Western Asiatic Sumer Cylinder Seal with Horned Animals

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Western Asiatic Sumer Cylinder Seal with Horned Animals

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Circa 3000 BC. A Jemdet Nasr stone cylinder seal with three running horned animals; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and an old scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, which states: Cylinder seal of cream and dark marble. The design is a frieze of three running horned animals achieved by gouging and a little drilling. This is a Sumerian seal of the Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3000 BC, from Sumer or a neighbouring area. It is worn, but the design remains clear. The hole is not completely drilled: something not rare with this type of Jemdet Nasr seal. Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. This lot is part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined in the 1980s by Professor Lambert and most are accompanied by his own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. 13 grams, 21mm (1").