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LOT 0449

Egyptian Cylinder Seal with Hieroglyphs

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

1 in. (4.65 grams, 25 mm).

Steatite cylinder producing a decorative top and bottom border enclosing a scene depicting a nefer sign flanked by two falcons surmounting the hieroglyph for gold, nub, and another scene to the side depicting a scarab beetle with a double plumed sun disc above; with a suspension hole running through the cylinder's centre.

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 0449

Egyptian Cylinder Seal with Hieroglyphs

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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