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LOT 1538
Phoenician Cream Stone Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (5.50 grams, 36.56 mm).
With frieze depicting a combat scene with human figure and rearing beasts; with collector's ticket and museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mr W.
Magee, Hartlepool, County Durham, UK, 1960s-1990s, thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous cataloguing information card.
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