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    12 June 2002

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    • TWELVE SUMERIAN STONE STAMP SE
    Lot 362

    TWELVE SUMERIAN STONE STAMP SEALS

    LATE URUK JEMDET NASR PERIOD,
    CIRCA 3100-2900 B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 2,390

    Estimate

    USD 3,000 - USD 4,000

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    TWELVE SUMERIAN STONE STAMP SEALS
    Late Uruk Jemdet Nasr Period,
    Circa 3100-2900 B.C.
    Including seven hemispheroids: a white stone with a spiral device; a dark serpentine with a spiral device; a dark serpentine with a schematic device; a gray veined stone with dots; a tan stone with red inclusions with a schematic device; a pink-tan stone with two animals; and a mint-green stone with two animals; four gables, all with schematic devices, two of black serpentine, one of pink stone, and one of light gray stone; and a green-gray stone tabloid with a schematic device
    1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) long for the largest (12)

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