Bidspirit auction | An Ammonite Red Steatite Scaraboid

An Ammonite Red Steatite Scaraboid Seal. - Iron Age II, ca 700 BCE. 15.6x13.6x8.0 mm. Length-wise perforated. The central register is decorated with a ram's head flanked by two birds. The Ammonite inscription in the upper and bottom registers reads: למנחם \ בן אורא ”Belonging to Menahem son of Ura”. In very good condition and rare. Unpublished. For similar Ammonite seals with the same iconography see: WSS 920, 976, 988 and 1001.