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LOT 0217
Babylonian Cuneiform Foundation Nail
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (36 grams, 58 mm).
Conical in form with facetted faces bearing cuneiform text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's mother 1960s-1970s, thence by descent.
Ex Spray family collection, Norfolk, UK.
See Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, for discussion.
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