Sumerian Jasper Cylinder Seal With Squatting Women
4th-3rd millennium B.C. Drilled vertically for suspension; accompanied by a typed and signed scholarly note issued by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of red stone, 16 x 16 mm. Frieze of four women squatting on mats, each holding a jar with neck. Mesopotamian, c.3000 B.C. Good condition.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1985.143, for similar.7.3 grams, 16 mm (5/8 in.). From the 'S' collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.Accompanied by a scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology.