Early Dynastic, ca. 2900-2700 BC. A beautiful buff colored cylinder seal engraved with a broad twisted band with a bird of prey in the center. Heads of horned animals are shown in the lower register. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:27.4mm / W:13.4mm ; 7.88gProvenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.