Cylinder seal featuring two intertwined lions attacking caprids Shell. Sumerian art, early 3rd dynasty (2112 - 1095 B.C.). Height: 1.2 cm Provenance : Mes Ader et Vinchon sale, Hôtel Drouot, May 20-22, 1959, lot 177. Publication: DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, pp. 56-57, reproduced fig. 11. Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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Cylinder seal featuring two intertwined lions attacking caprids Shell. Sumerian art, early 3rd dynasty (2112 - 1095 B.C.). Height: 1.2 cm Provenance : Mes Ader et Vinchon sale, Hôtel Drouot, May 20-22, 1959, lot 177. Publication: DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, pp. 56-57, reproduced fig. 11. Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.

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Cylinder seal featuring two intertwined lions attacking caprids Shell. Sumerian art, early 3rd dynasty (2112 - 1095 B.C.). Height: 1.2 cm Provenance : Mes Ader et Vinchon sale, Hôtel Drouot, May 20-22, 1959, lot 177. Publication: DANMAVILLE, Jenny, "La Collection Thierry", Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, 1965, vol. 59, pp. 56-57, reproduced fig. 11. Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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ARCHAEOLOGY - Collection of N. and J.-M. Thierry & Collection of Monsieur X.
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