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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A MESOPOTAMIAN HAEMATITE WEIGHT
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A MESOPOTAMIAN HAEMATITE WEIGHT
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Ovoid in form on a flat base, one side inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform, reading: 1 GIN2 GI.NA, "1 true shekel"
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long; 8 gr.
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Ovoid in form on a flat base, one side inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform, reading: 1 GIN2 GI.NA, "1 true shekel"
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long; 8 gr.
Provenance
Private Collection, Boston, 1989.
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