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Whetstone handle

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Bronze, Iron Age II, Iran
Rights: Public Domain
Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett 1956
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Title: Whetstone handle
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Bronze, Iron Age II, Iran.

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