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LOT 3512
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with Phoenician letter on the bottom. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.(4.12gr, 18mm x 8mm x 5mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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