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LOT 0201
Assyrian Green Serpentine Amulet with Worshippers
CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.9 grams, 31 mm).
Bifacial amulet with chevron borders and worshippers, accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Amulet of Green Serpentine, 31mm. high. There is a band of chevrons at both top and bottom of this amulet, going in opposite directions. Between them on the one side is a standing worshipper holding up a cup in one hand and a bow in the other, in front of him an altar. On the other side is a sacred tree under a winged solar disc, and to the other side of the tree is a minute worshipper with hands extended. [...] from any part of the [...].' [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Bonhams, Fine Antiquities, 20th May, 1992, no.76.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in 1990.
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