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A GRAECO-PHOENICIAN TRANSLUSCENT GREEN GLASS SCARABOID SEAL
6TH CENTURY B.C.
The underside engraved with a winged sphinx; another light green with a recumbent deer; another opaque blue engraved with two winged griffins flanking a central tree, all pierced horizontally - 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) long max.; a rock crystal dome-shaped seal with oval bezel bearing four-letter Phoenician inscription, pierced, ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high; a Byzantine dark blue glass weight with engraved monogram, 8th-12th Century A.D., 3/4 in. (1.9 cm.) diam.; an Islamic transluscent green weight with inscriptions; and another similar, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) diam., both 1000-1100 A.D. (7)
6TH CENTURY B.C.
The underside engraved with a winged sphinx; another light green with a recumbent deer; another opaque blue engraved with two winged griffins flanking a central tree, all pierced horizontally - 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) long max.; a rock crystal dome-shaped seal with oval bezel bearing four-letter Phoenician inscription, pierced, ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high; a Byzantine dark blue glass weight with engraved monogram, 8th-12th Century A.D., 3/4 in. (1.9 cm.) diam.; an Islamic transluscent green weight with inscriptions; and another similar, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) diam., both 1000-1100 A.D. (7)