Description:
Small diamond-shaped slab of black marble with golden brown streaks and white blobs. Two faces polished; edges rough and irregular. On one face a large ovoid seal is stuck. It is yellowed, with anintricate blue border. On it, inscribed in ink, is "Egyptian Marble [...] O.R. Willis" and in one corner "18[?]"

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; inscriptions; seals

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