Details
LOT 3515
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with bird(?) flying to right on the bottom. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.(7.57gr, 13mm x 10mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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