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LOT 0265
Hittite Haematite Stamp Seal with Animals
17TH–16TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (22 grams, 24 mm).
Finely carved with a tubular loop, discoid plaque to the underside with an incuse image of horned animals hunted by lions.
ProvenanceFrom a pre-1992 collection, Geneva and London.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1999.325.203.
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