A SUMERIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL

THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2112-2004 B.C.

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A SUMERIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2112-2004 B.C.
With a seated god wearing a horned crown and tiered ankle-length robe, in front a goddess, wearing a horned crown and leading a worshipper, crescent moon in the field, with two lines of cuneiform reading: '...Adallal-ilussu...the son of Awil-Ea'
1½ in. (3.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 May 1987, lot 85.
Private collection, Germany.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds), Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 35, 2003, p. 536, no. 24.

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