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LOT 1168
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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LOT 1168
Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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