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LOT 1242
Babylonian Black Stone Inscribed Duck Weight
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
3/4 in. (3.92 grams, 20 mm).
Rectangular in section with cuneiform inscription to the upper face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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