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Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment
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LOT 1302

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.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1302

Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll Fragment

Sold for (Inc. bp): £351

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