Stamp seal (scarab) with animal

Phoenician

ca. 9th–7th century BCE

Not on view

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Title: Stamp seal (scarab) with animal
Period: Iron Age II
Date: ca. 9th–7th century BCE
Geography: Levant or Syria
Culture: Phoenician
Medium: Hematite
Dimensions: Seal Face: 1.13 x 0.75 cm
Height: 0.48 cm
Credit Line: Gift of David Dows, 1945
Object Number: 45.4.18
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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