MESOPOTAMIAN ANTHROPOMORPHIC MARBLE STAMP SEAL WITH QUADRUPEDS. Ca. 3000 BC A marble stamp seal carved as an anthropomorphic head with a rounded skull, the face with prominent eyes, pierced through the back for suspension. The flattened sealing face is engraved with scattered stylised quadrupeds. Size: 36mm x 31mm; Weight: 27g. 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.