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LOT 1222
Aramaic Unrolled Lead Scroll with Magical Text
2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (14 grams, 12.7 cm).
Rectangular sheet-lead panel with twenty-nine lines of cursive text.
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1962,0414.1.
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