Palestinian or Anatolian Brown Stone Stamp Seal with Sphinx

CIRCA 1200-900 B.C.

3/4 in. (4.61 grams, 18 mm).

Comprising a domed body and a large handle, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Brown Stone with Black Patina, 17 x 17.5 x 18 mm. The seal has an oval face, with domed back with superimposed handle, which is nicely shaped. The design shows a recumbent sphynx: body of a quadruped, but human head and wings. Above its back is a bird or fly. This is a seal from Syria / Palestine or Anatolia, c. 1200-900 B.C. It is in fine condition.' [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.

Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report, numbered 1607, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.

CONDITION

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