A SUMERIAN BLACK STEATITE CYLINDER SEAL
A SUMERIAN BLACK STEATITE CYLINDER SEAL

EARLY DYNASTIC I-II PERIOD, CIRCA 2900-2600 B.C.

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A SUMERIAN BLACK STEATITE CYLINDER SEAL
EARLY DYNASTIC I-II PERIOD, CIRCA 2900-2600 B.C.
With an eagle with outstretched wings, two confronting grazing ibex, a stylized branch between
½ in. (1.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 February 1965, lot 13.
The Stansfeld Collection of Ancient Art, Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 14.
Private collection, Germany.

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PUBLISHED:
M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds), Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 35, 2003, p. 532, no. 17.

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