MESOPOTAMIAN STONE CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT

Ca. 3000 BC
Cylinder seal of dark stone. Linear design of a kind of Greek cross enclosed within wide V-shaped bands on each side. Very good condition. Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.
Size: L:41.3mm / W:9mm ; 5.73g
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.
Estimate: GBP 400 - 600