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LOT 0290
Hittite Red Jasper Stamp Seal with Bird
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
1 in. (12.8 grams, 24 mm).
Domed seal with transverse piercing, upper face with a floral border and schematic motifs, underside with a standing bird with an inscription(?) below; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
From an English private collection, 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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