317, Lot: 581. Estimate $400. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Limestone scaraboid. Western Semitic, Hebrew(?), 8th–7th century BC. Button–type scaraboid with central, bidirectional piercing. On face: a man facing left, with right hand behind, holding spear, mounted on lion left. Below, the three letter incription YΛT (NGT in Hebrew?). Two lines separate the figure from a running line of V-chevrons (water?). All in a single–line border. Maximum diameter of face: 15mm. Intact.

From the David Hendin Collection.