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Animals, 1981, I, no. 12bis.
Animals, 1981, I, no. 12bis.
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CIRCA 1500 B.C.
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A MESOPOTAMIAN AGATE DUCK WEIGHT
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
With head and long ridged bill resting along its back, drilled eyes and nostrils, pierced for suspension
1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) long; 18.1 gms. weight (one-shekel weight of Nineveh which was twice that of the Babylonian shekel)
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
With head and long ridged bill resting along its back, drilled eyes and nostrils, pierced for suspension
1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) long; 18.1 gms. weight (one-shekel weight of Nineveh which was twice that of the Babylonian shekel)
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