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LOT 1376
Western Asiatic Stone Implement
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (50 grams, 10.6 cm).
Square in section with segmented body and forked end; possibly a yarn-winding tool. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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