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LOT 0996
Mesopotamian Shell Beads
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
24 3/8 in. (123 grams, 62 cm long).
A restrung group of discoid shell beads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, UK.
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