A RARE EBONY STAMP SEAL IN THE FORM OF A RECUMBENT BULL, sensitively modelled with legs folded under the body, with large eyes recessed to take inlay still remaining in right eye, the forehead with triangular-shaped recess, a hole with remains of a bronze pin with knobbed end runs longitudinally between the legs of the animal, one side of the rectangular base remains with traces of engraved signs, circa 800-600 B.C. or earlier

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A RARE EBONY STAMP SEAL IN THE FORM OF A RECUMBENT BULL, sensitively modelled with legs folded under the body, with large eyes recessed to take inlay still remaining in right eye, the forehead with triangular-shaped recess, a hole with remains of a bronze pin with knobbed end runs longitudinally between the legs of the animal, one side of the rectangular base remains with traces of engraved signs, circa 800-600 B.C. or earlier
1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) long

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