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LOT 0587
Eastern Levant AE Weight
BRONZE TO IRON II AGE, CIRCA 12TH-6TH CENTURIES B.C.
1 1/8 in. (26.50 grams, 29 x 15 x 6mm).
In the form of a rectangular, inscription in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician in two lines: TWY' ʿYʿ.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureHendin, Ancient Scale Weights -; Pondera -; Rochesnard -; Elayi & Elayi, Recherches -.
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