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LOT 1191
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Animal
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (4.40 grams, 18.46 mm).
Tongue-shaped in profile with incuse image of an advancing ram beneath a crescent moon, arrow in the field.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1191
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Animal
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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