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LOT 1355
Babylonian Fragmental Weight with Inscription
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (6.8 grams, 13 mm).
Plano-convex in section with incised cuneiform inscription to the flat face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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