Six Mesopotamian cylinder seals
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Six Mesopotamian cylinder seals
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C.
Comprising five Babylonian black stone seals, variously engraved with supplicants, text, and animals in combat; and a grey stone seal engraved with geometric motifs, 1.8cm-2.4cm high (6)
Provenance:
Collection of the renowned Iraqi architect Said Ali Madhloom (1921-2017), brought to the UK in 1981; and thence by descent to the current owners.
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Six Mesopotamian cylinder seals
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C.
Comprising five Babylonian black stone seals, variously engraved with supplicants, text, and animals in combat; and a grey stone seal engraved with geometric motifs, 1.8cm-2.4cm high (6)
Provenance:
Collection of the renowned Iraqi architect Said Ali Madhloom (1921-2017), brought to the UK in 1981; and thence by descent to the current owners.
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