A WEST SEMITIC CHALCEDONY SCARABOID
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELIAS S. DAVID
A WEST SEMITIC CHALCEDONY SCARABOID

CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

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A WEST SEMITIC CHALCEDONY SCARABOID
CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
The underside engraved in two registers divided by a winged solar disk, the upper register with two birds of prey flanking a cartouche containing the sign of Tanit, and the lower register with a winged scarab, enclosed within a line border, perforated
1 in. (2.6 cm.) long
Provenance
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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