31st-mid 29th century BC. A deeply patinated agate cylinder seal with an abstract pattern, egg-shaped oval with two v-symbols and fills facing upwards and downwards with the tips, separated by three horizontal lines; a slanted ladder pattern with ten rungs, framed by sharp angles to the top and bottom. Cf. D. J. Wiseman, Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, I. Cylinder Seals. Uruk - Early Dynastic Periods, London, 1962, pl. 8, fig. b; L. Legrain, UE X. New York,1951, pl. 3, fig. 50. 5.88 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s. Accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]