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Lot 83

An Egyptian red breccia weight

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian red breccia weight

Early Dynastic, 1st-2nd Dynasty, circa 3100-2686 B.C.
6.8cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired in the late 1990s-early 2000s.

For the shape, see W. M. Flinders Petrie, Ancient Weights and Measures, London, 1926, pl. VIII, no. 886.

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