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LOT 1325
Neo Babylonian Stone Duck Weight
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
6 1/4 in. (3.19 kg, 16 cm).
With two broad ovoid wings, the head resting along the spine; pierced through the neck.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
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