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LOT 0293
Gnostic Black Stone Scaraboid with Eye in Hand
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (14.37 grams, 28 mm).
Scaraboid belonging to the cult of Sabazios, with incised motif of an open hand with an eye in the palm surrounded by enigmatic Gnostic legend.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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