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CULTURE: SYRO - HITTITE.
DATE: 8TH - 7TH CENTURY BC.
MATERIAL: STONE.
PROVENANCE: EX: EARLY PRIVATE COLLECTION.
CONDITION: FRAGMENT PRESERVING THE HEAD OF A DIETY.
MEASUREMENTS: 13.4 INCHES H. X 9.6 W. (34 X 24.5 CMS).
Carved in low relief featuring a bearded man wearing a domed cap or a high tapering headdress, his long beard arranged in rows of tight circular curls.
CF: For closely similar example, see lot 161, Sothebys New York Antiquities Auction, 17 December 1996, (est. $20,000 - $30,000), see also, lot 37, Sothebys New York Antiquities and Islamic Art Auction, 29 November 1989.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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