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Scarab seal

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Scarab seal

Period:: Iron Age I, Phoenicia (?)
Date:: ca. 8th century B.C. (?)
Geography:: Northern Syria or southeastern Anatolia
Medium:: Jasper, green
Dimensions:: Seal Face: 1.95 x 1.45 cm Height: 1.04 cm String Hole: 0.3 cm
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Purchase, 1886
Accession Number:: 86.11.26

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