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    Sale 9828

    THE SURENA COLLECTION OF NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS

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    11 June 2001

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    • AN ACHAEMENID VEINED CARNELIAN
    Lot 537

    AN ACHAEMENID VEINED CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL

    CIRCA 5TH-EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 3,525

    Estimate

    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000

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    AN ACHAEMENID VEINED CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL
    Circa 5th-Early 4th Century B.C.
    With two identical scenes of a Persian hero holding the horns of two rampant goats, the hero facing right, wearing tunic and trousers, between the groups a four-letter inscription in the Aramaic alphabet give the name of the owner "W-h-t-r"
    22. x 13 mm

    Provenance

    Said to be from near Babylon
    Acquired in 1940 and passed by descent to a Lady of Title
    Important Antiquities, Christie's London, 21 April 1999, lot 1

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