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LOT 4146
Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Grain-shaped weight stone with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.137, 9. Condition as seen. With ring for holding or weight adjustment.2 1/4 in. (46.11gr, 57mm x 19mm.).
Provenance
Acquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 4146
Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Weight of 5 Shekels.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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