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EARLY DYNASTIC II-III, CIRCA 2700-2500 B.C.
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A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE CYLINDER SEAL
EARLY DYNASTIC II-III, CIRCA 2700-2500 B.C.
Depicting a banqueting scene with a seated figure holding a cup aloft, two figures standing in front, one holding cup, a musician seated behind playing a lyre, the sounding box modelled as a bull, a small servant seated between holding a branch, lizard and crescent moon in the field, a snake runs along the top of the entire scene
1½ in. (4 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTIC II-III, CIRCA 2700-2500 B.C.
Depicting a banqueting scene with a seated figure holding a cup aloft, two figures standing in front, one holding cup, a musician seated behind playing a lyre, the sounding box modelled as a bull, a small servant seated between holding a branch, lizard and crescent moon in the field, a snake runs along the top of the entire scene
1½ in. (4 cm.) high
Provenance
Surena collection, London, late 1970s-early 1980s.
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