Ca. 6th-5th century AD. A beautiful greenish stamp seal depicting a schematic winged creature or phoenix on the base and multiple geometric signs on the sides. On one side there is an inscription in Aramaic. The reading is uncertain. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:20.3mm / W:21.9mm ; 14.3gProvenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.