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Gold signet-ring featuring at thetriangularextremitiestworompingquadrupeds,possibly does, separated by finely drilled lines. In the two broad central lines an Old Arabian inscription consisting of four characters each line reading ' Arzan, ofthe(clan) Kharif'. The personal name 'Arzan' occurs in Sabaeanandinturn Kharifisattestedbothin Safaitic (in northern Arabia) and in Sabaean and Hadramatic .Theletterormswith lackof serifs would be consistent with a date in the 1st century BCSouth - LO.1200Circa: 1 st Century BCCollection: Near Eastern Art Style: Old South Arabian Medium: gold.
Antiquities
Ancient Jewelry
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