NEAR EASTERN INSCRIBED STONE MACE HEAD - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT Ca. 2200 - 2080 BC. A rare stone mace head. On one side there are seven lines of inscribed Sumerian cuneiform. The following is a translation: [to the god... for the life of....] mighty king, king of Ur, king of the four world regions, Nur-Ea, son of Qurad-ili, temple administrator, made (this mace head). Nur-Ea was probably one of the lost kings of UR of the third dynasty probably Amar-Sin or Shu-Sin. Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 22445. Size: 60mm x 46mm; Weight: 108g. Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A.; Ex. 1990s London collections, studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 90s (with original note, signed by him). Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.