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LOT 0418
Phoenician Alabaster Spindle Whorl
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (16.52 grams, 32 mm).
Plano-convex in section with stepped profile to dome and underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Lebanon before 1980.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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