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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7406455, member: 110226&quot;]Here&#039;s an interesting item that arrived today, which I think qualifies as a bonified artifact.</p><p><br /></p><p>This a a piece of hack silver, from the Levant region, weighing two shekels at 25.90 grams.&nbsp; It dates from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age, which puts it around the 13th-10th centuries BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287780[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287781[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The upper left area of the first image appears to be a crude stamp, a clear indentation in the surface, comprised of a Paleo-Hebrew beth or bet symbol:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287782[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And two sickle-like characters, one to the right and the other just below the bet symbol.</p><p><br /></p><p>There might be more characters, but due to the weathered and rough surface, they are hard to make out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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