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LOT 1205
Phoenician Silver Inscribed Seal Matrix
CIRCA 8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (6.4 grams, 16 mm).
With inscription in Phoenician script [mem 'alep sin nun ayin nun samek = water, ox head, teeth, fish, eye, fish, tower].
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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