FIVE SUMERIAN CYLINDER SEALS,Circa 3100-2900 BC, Jamdat Nasr period. Five seals used in trade: beige calcite seal with two caprids; blue-veined marble seal with suspension loop and two rows of highly stylized quadrupeds; red marble seal with three rows of stylized quadrupeds; banded quartz seal with three rows of fish (?); and beige calcite seal with frieze of concentric linked ovals - 1.71 cm; 1.91 cm; 1.32 cm; 1.29 cm; 0.93 cm. Estimate $500-600
PROVENANCE: Estate of Edward D. Freis; acquired at Sotheby's Antiquities sale 6517, lot 249.
