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Three cylinder seals: - Drum seal decorated with...

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Three cylinder seals: - Drum seal decorated with triple series of large dots and small dots in red marble. Mesopotamia, Djemdet Nasr period, 3350-3000 B.C. L.: 2.1 cm; - cylinder seal decorated with two ibex passing between fruit trees in black marble. Mesopotamia, Djemdet Nasr, 3300-3000 B.C. H.: 1.5 cm; - cylinder seal featuring a capride followed by kneeling figures in banded onyx. Mesopotamia, Djemdet Nasr, 3300-3000 B.C. L.: 2.8 cm Provenance : - Former French collection established in the 1970s, then by descent. - Acquired from Galerie Serres (certificate for one, catalog reference of 18/12/1973 for the second and date 1973 for the third). Three Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals, Djemdet Nasr period