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LOT 0464
Egyptian and Greek Pottery Sherd Collection
MID 2ND-LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 5 7/8 in. (1.42 kg total, 3.4-15 cm).
Comprising mainly fragments of domestic ware including: handles, bases, and fragments from the bodies of the vessels, some with decoration, one with an old inked collection note 'Jun '91(?), finaqua monticulo A9, iota pre-classic, 1000 B.C.' and another with 'EL ARMARNA'. [26, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s, thence by descent 2012.
Private UK collection, Cambridge, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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