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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
A KASSITE AMETHYST CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1400-1100 B.C.
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A KASSITE AMETHYST CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1400-1100 B.C.
With a cuneiform inscription; together with a Sumerian lapis lazuli cylinder seal, Third Dynasty of Ur, circa 2112-2004 B.C., with two registers, the upper with a series of birds, perhaps swans, moving to the left, the lower with a seated god, holding a cup, a biconical vessel before him, a crescent moon above, with three standing worshippers
1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1400-1100 B.C.
With a cuneiform inscription; together with a Sumerian lapis lazuli cylinder seal, Third Dynasty of Ur, circa 2112-2004 B.C., with two registers, the upper with a series of birds, perhaps swans, moving to the left, the lower with a seated god, holding a cup, a biconical vessel before him, a crescent moon above, with three standing worshippers
1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Rabi Soleymani, Tehran.
Acquired by the current owner’s father, Venice, 1975; thence by descent.
Acquired by the current owner’s father, Venice, 1975; thence by descent.
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