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Bowl with flutes from shoulder to rosette at base and with inscribed weight
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Silver, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Title: Bowl with flutes from shoulder to rosette at base and with inscribed weight
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Silver, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period.
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