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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
A SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI CYLINDER SEAL
THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2112-2004 B.C.
Details
A SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI CYLINDER SEAL
THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2112-2004 B.C.
With a presentation scene with a seated divine king on the right, wearing a horned tiara and a flounced robe, one hand raised, a Lama goddess standing before him in a horned tiara and a long flounced robe, one hand raised, the other holding the wrist of a worshipper standing behind her, the worshipper with a bald headed, wearing a long fringed robe, with one arm raised; a lunar crescent in the sky
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high
THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2112-2004 B.C.
With a presentation scene with a seated divine king on the right, wearing a horned tiara and a flounced robe, one hand raised, a Lama goddess standing before him in a horned tiara and a long flounced robe, one hand raised, the other holding the wrist of a worshipper standing behind her, the worshipper with a bald headed, wearing a long fringed robe, with one arm raised; a lunar crescent in the sky
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Joseph Bard, Esq., F.R.S.L., England.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1977, lot 51.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1977, lot 51.
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