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ARCHEOLOGY Spherical-bodied schist vessel with a double concentric circle engraved at the top with a frieze of small circles. Four pierced suspension lugs on the body. Probably an oil lamp circa 1st millennium BC? Origin unknown. Diam 12 - H : 8 cm A few chips

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ARCHEOLOGY Spherical-bodied schist vessel with a double concentric circle engraved at the top with a frieze of small circles. Four pierced suspension lugs on the body. Probably an oil lamp circa 1st millennium BC? Origin unknown. Diam 12 - H : 8 cm A few chips

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