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CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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SEVEN ANATOLIAN STAMP SEALS
circa 2nd-1st millennium b.c.
Including three Early Hittite bronze seals, each knot-topped with a circular face engraved with spirals; a Hittite brownish stone seal of similar shape with an animal; two stone seals of slightly later date, with animals, the handles damaged; and a serpentine tabloid with a winged horse within a zig-zag border
1 in. (2.5 cm) in diameter for the largest (7)
circa 2nd-1st millennium b.c.
Including three Early Hittite bronze seals, each knot-topped with a circular face engraved with spirals; a Hittite brownish stone seal of similar shape with an animal; two stone seals of slightly later date, with animals, the handles damaged; and a serpentine tabloid with a winged horse within a zig-zag border
1 in. (2.5 cm) in diameter for the largest (7)
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock
Dr. Elie Borowski
Dr. Elie Borowski
Literature
von Aulock, nos. 86-92.
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