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LOT 1391
Western Asiatic Agate Scaraboid Stamp Seal
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 in. (6.74 grams, 24 mm).
Scaraboid type in banded agate with domed upper face, obverse with beaded ring enclosing three panels: upper, a standing robed figure holds up a deer by its hindleg (in sacrifice?); middle: text of eight characters, possibly Eastern Syriac script; bottom: inverted bird in flight.
ProvenanceAcquired between 1965-2020.
Private collection, London.
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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