MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEAL
Djemdet Nasr / Uruk III (Mesopotamia), ca. 2900 BC. A beautiful reddish coloured cylinder seal depicting some sort of water animal. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Size: L:17.8mm / W:12.4mm ; 3.49g Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 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.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.
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Djemdet Nasr / Uruk III (Mesopotamia), ca. 2900 BC. A beautiful reddish coloured cylinder seal depicting some sort of water animal. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Size: L:17.8mm / W:12.4mm ; 3.49g Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 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.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.
