Sumer or south-west Iran, Uruk Period, ca. 3200-3000 BC. Cylinder seal of fawn stone. Two squatting figures with one hand raised face a figure seated on one foot, also raising one hand. Very deep cutting. A rare type. Condition very good. Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.Size: L:33.8mm / W:26.3mm ; 36gProvenance: 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.