A Bactrian bronze scorpion mount Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. With a ridged curving tail and pincers, the body with circular depressions, the underside with an attachment loop, 1¾in (4.5cm), cleaned; an Elamite black stone stamp seal, of lentoid form, pierced horizontally and carved with an ibex and snake, circa 4th Millennium B.C., 11/8in (2.8cm); and a Near Eastern bronze domed stamp seal, the underside carved with a scorpion, with a pierced handle above, circa 1750 B.C., 22mm diam (3)
A Bactrian bronze scorpion mount Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. With a ridged curving tail and pincers, the body with circular depressions, the underside with an attachment loop, 1¾in (4.5cm), cleaned; an Elamite black stone stamp seal, of lentoid form, pierced horizontally and carved with an ibex and snake, circa 4th Millennium B.C., 11/8in (2.8cm); and a Near Eastern bronze domed stamp seal, the underside carved with a scorpion, with a pierced handle above, circa 1750 B.C., 22mm diam (3)
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