Early Dynastic II-III, Ca. 2700-2500 BC. A beautiful brown greyish cylinder seal. It bears two rows of quadrupeds, ibexes and perhaps foxes. Both rows are separated by a band with a wavy line in the middle. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:21.9mm / W:8.7mm ; 2.5gProvenance: 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.