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LOT 0999
Western Asiatic Lead Scroll with Phoenician Text
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
1 1/2 in. (2.02 grams, 40 mm).
Sheet lead panel with mpressed inscription, rolled into a scroll; probably Phoenician script.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0999
Western Asiatic Lead Scroll with Phoenician Text
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Opening Bid: £1,800
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Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.