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Three Sumerian scroll seals. a) Sea snail. Hero...

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Three Sumerian scroll seals. a) Sea snail. Hero defending goats against attacking lions. Sumerian, early dynastic 3rd cent. bc. H 3cm, ø 1,7cm. b) Marble. Animal striding n. l. and building (temple facade). Iranian?, Djemdet Nasr or Elamian, c. 3,000 B.C. H 2.8cm, ø 2.2cm. Cf. BM Inv. 102416, Collon, First Impressions cat. 28. c) Gray speckled stone. Introduction to enthroned deity. Empty area for inscription. Ur III, late 3rd mill. bc. H 2.1cm, ø 1.5cm. Rubbed off, otherwise intact. Ex collection Karl Müller, Germany, collection period 1950 - 1977.