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5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE SQUAT MINIATURE LEKYTHOS
5TH CENTURY B.C.
The body with figure of a spotted prancing deer, 2 1/8 in. (5.2 cm.) high; a Corinthian pottery aryballos with figure of a swan with extended wings, rosettes in the field; a similar ovoid aryballos with encircling bands, worn, both early 6th Century B.C., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high max.; an Ur III cuneiform clay tablet with a record of dead birds for plumage, issued at Nippur, 5th month of the 38th year of King Shulgi, 2057 B.C., 1½ x 1¼ in. (3.8 x 3.3 cm.); and four vessel fragments (8)
5TH CENTURY B.C.
The body with figure of a spotted prancing deer, 2 1/8 in. (5.2 cm.) high; a Corinthian pottery aryballos with figure of a swan with extended wings, rosettes in the field; a similar ovoid aryballos with encircling bands, worn, both early 6th Century B.C., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high max.; an Ur III cuneiform clay tablet with a record of dead birds for plumage, issued at Nippur, 5th month of the 38th year of King Shulgi, 2057 B.C., 1½ x 1¼ in. (3.8 x 3.3 cm.); and four vessel fragments (8)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's late uncle.
Special notice
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