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LOT 0304
Black Stone Weight with Aramaic Inscription
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (5.9 grams, 21 mm).
Ellipsoid in section with facet, two lines of text.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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