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97-119-1

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Syria | Palmyra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 97-119-1
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Culture Arabic
Provenience Syria | Palmyra
Period Modern
Section Near Eastern
Materials Bronze
Description

Sheckel - weight. Bar with division marks on three sides and with hook at one end; pear-shaped weight attached to ring which slides on bar.

Length 7.5 cm
Outside Diameter 5.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-119-1 - Old Museum Number | 29423 - ANSP Number

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