UR III BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
Ca. 2100-2000 BC.
A nicely carved Ur III black stone cylinder seal. It depicts a roaring lion, an inverted ibex and a lunar crescent. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Size: L:24.2mm / W:11.4mm ; 5.79g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.
Estimate: GBP 150 - 300