Ur III, ca. 2000 BC. A beautiful buff colored cylinder seal with an enthroned lunar deity (Sin of Harran) and two ambassadors. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:31.7mm / W:16.9mm ; 13.46gProvenance: 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.