West Central Asian cylinder seal with running canine figure

W18

£320.00

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An unusual brown stone cylinder seal with deeply cut decoration depicting a stylised running fox or wolf with its mouth open. The background around the figure is decorated with drilled dots within circles.

Culture
Western Central Asia, Early Bronze Age, circa 3000 – 2500 BC

Size
2.9 x 1.3 cms

Condition
Intact as shown

Provenance
Ex. deceased estate, Gloucestershire, UK; formerly in a British collection formed in the 1980’s. Accompanied by a description of the seal written by the Assyriologist Professor Wilfred G Lambert (1926-2011).

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