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CIRCA LATE 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
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TWELVE NEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY STAMP SEALS
circa late 7th-6th century b.c.
Gray and blue in color, ten pyramidal and two conoid, six engraved with a schematic or drilled style variation of a worshipper at an altar, two with two worshippers, three with schematic devices, and one with two rearing goats on either side of a tree
.13/16 in. (2.1 cm) high for the largest (12)
circa late 7th-6th century b.c.
Gray and blue in color, ten pyramidal and two conoid, six engraved with a schematic or drilled style variation of a worshipper at an altar, two with two worshippers, three with schematic devices, and one with two rearing goats on either side of a tree
.13/16 in. (2.1 cm) high for the largest (12)
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock
Dr. Elie Borowski
Dr. Elie Borowski
Literature
von Aulock, nos. 137, 139-140, 143-145, 149-150, 152, 159, 160-160.
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