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LOT 0794
Byzantine Mason's Plumb Bob Weight
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (142 grams, 73 mm).
A bronze spinning-top shaped mason's plumb bob with lentoid-section body, carinated upper finial and waisted lower stem, perforated for suspension.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
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