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LOT 0928
Western Asiatic Stamp Seal with Lamashtu
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (8.4 grams, 22 mm).
A stone stamp seal of truncated conical form, possibly chlorite or serpentine, with incise standing human-headed eagle to base, incused hatched lines in four directions to the top face; drilled for suspension.
ProvenanceAcquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late S.M., thence by descent.
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