31st-30th century BC. A large brown stone cylinder seal, drilled vertically for suspension; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and 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: 'The seal shows a frieze of four seated women with pigtails, one raised on a small platform, the others on the ground. Each is holding a pot in her raised hands, and other pots appear below those. The pots vary in type: some have two handles, others a spout. This is a Jemdet Nasr seal from Sumer, c. 3000 B.C. It is engraved with drill and graver, and is in good condition.' 26 grams, 24mm (1"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; item number 1506; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s; and accompanied by a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by the Professor.