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LOT 1192
Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment
2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (8.13 grams, 73 mm).
The remains of a bifacial magical lead scroll with letters written in a form of Aramaic and Greek, incised on a lead tablet preserved in a sub-rectangular fragment.
Provenance
Acquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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LOT 1192
Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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