PHOENICIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD ASTARTE AMULET WITH INSCRIPTION

拍品描述

Ca. 600 - 400 BC. A gold pendant modelled as a seated Astarte with the knees drawn up on a flat integral base. The head is framed by a long tripartite wig falling to the shoulders. A suspension loop is fixed to the back of the head above an inscription arranged in short rows. The translation reads:'Samed, the servant of Astarte'. For similar see: Turin, Egyptian Museum Acquisition: Old Fund, 1824-1888. Size: 31mm x 22mm; Weight: 29g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with J. Danier collection, France 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a full authentication report by Igor Goro-Kovsky, including detailed manufacturing technique analysis, microscopic surface examination, and X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) metal composition analysis.

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