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LOT 0490
Phoenician Stone Scaraboid
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1/2 in. (1.5 grams, 12 mm).
Drilled horizontally for suspension; incuse schematic animal on base.
Provenance
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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