JEMDET NASR CYLINDER SEAL WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIF Ca. 3100 - 2900 BC. A cylinder seal carved from pale stone and engraved with a geometric motif: a nested U-shaped frame enclosing an elongated drop-shaped bar, surmounted by a small circle set between converging chevrons. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 51.25.14. Size: 41mm x 11.7mm; Weight: 8.87g Provenance: 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.