Anatolian steatite inscribed amulet, ex. Paul Gaudin
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A black steatite triangular amulet, incised on one side with an Aramaic or Mandean inscription within a notched linear frame.
Culture
Asia Minor, early 1st Millennium AD
Size
3.7 x 4.7 cms, 9.5 cms including stand
Condition
Upper corner chipped as seen in the photographs, crudely mounted on a display stand
Provenance
Ex. collection: Paul Gaudin (1858-1921), France; thence by family descent. Collected in Anatolia between 1899-1904. Paul Gaudin was an engineer and antiquary who became an archaeologist in the course of his work in Turkey and is credited with the discovery of Yortan, an important Bronze Age site closely associated with Troy. Antiquities excavated by Gaudin are to be found in several prominent collections including the Musee de Louvre and British Museum.