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LOT 1306

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

JUDAEAN TERRACOTTA AMPHORA HANDLE WITH ROYAL SEAL IMPRESSION
LATE 8TH-MID 7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (163 grams, 11.7 cm).

The handle fragment from a Tufnell type 484 jar, bearing a stamp to the upper handle with the top rays of a winged solar disc and part of the right wing. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex S.M. London collection, UK, 1970-1990s.

Accompanied by a description from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
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.

CONDITION
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