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LOT 1147
Neo Babylonian Agate Stamp Seal with Star and Moon
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
3/4 in. (7.33 grams, 21 mm).
Conical body pierced through the top, underside engraved with a crescent moon and star above, sun and an altar(?) below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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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