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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
A SUMERIAN SHELL CYLINDER SEAL
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2500-2334 B.C.
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A SUMERIAN SHELL CYLINDER SEAL
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2500-2334 B.C.
Engraved in two registers, the upper with two seated figures each holding a cup, an attendant in between, and another behind the figure to the right, two stars in the field; the lower register with a similar scene, with a plant to the left and a star in the field; the registers divided and framed by plain and hatched bands
2 7/16 in. (6.1 cm.) long
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2500-2334 B.C.
Engraved in two registers, the upper with two seated figures each holding a cup, an attendant in between, and another behind the figure to the right, two stars in the field; the lower register with a similar scene, with a plant to the left and a star in the field; the registers divided and framed by plain and hatched bands
2 7/16 in. (6.1 cm.) long
Provenance
with Elie Borowski, Basel, 1975.
Literature
F.M. Fales, Prima dell'alfabeto, Venice, 1989, p. 253.
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