Details
LOT 3534
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed 'Hord 19/10/71 from Hebron' and '1.47 gms'.(1.47gr, 19mm x 6mm.).
Provenance
Found Hebron in 1971.
From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s.
Accompanied by an old identification tag.
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LOT 3534
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 1.47gr, 19mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed 'Hord 19/10/71 from Hebron' and '1.47 gms'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag.
