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LOT 0457

Phoenician Stone Scaraboid Seal

CIRCA 750-700 B.C.

3/4 in. (2.96 grams, 18 mm).

With incised hatched motif to underside.

Provenance

with Artemis Gallery, Munich, Germany, 1998.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0457

Phoenician Stone Scaraboid Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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