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Urartian Black Stone Four-Sided Stamp Seal Urartian Black Stone Four-Sided Stamp Seal Urartian Black Stone Four-Sided Stamp Seal
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LOT 1415

Urartian Black Stone Four-Sided Stamp Seal

CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (17.9 grams, 26 mm).

A cuboid seal with longitudinal piercing, each side with a different motif: a roaring lion(?), a foot imprint, a crouching lion, and a hand with snake to the side; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

Accompanied by a copy of a report from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1415

Urartian Black Stone Four-Sided Stamp Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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