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LOT 1375
Western Asiatic Bronze Scaraboid Seal with Aramaic Inscription
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 in. (3.37 grams, 11 mm).
Scaraboid bead with incised legend in two lines to the underside.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 1375
Western Asiatic Bronze Scaraboid Seal with Aramaic Inscription
Estimate £450 - 650€520 - 750 (for guidance only)$610 - 880 (for guidance only)
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From the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Europe.
This clay bulls was attached to a document or a contract with the help of a string.
