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Three large bronze spatulas. Indus culture, Sibri,...

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Three large bronze spatulas. Indus culture, Sibri, ca. 1900 B.C. L 47, 40 and 36 cm, ø 11.8, 9.8 and 11 cm. Round bowl with grooves and long handle made of twisted square rod. Probably cult utensils. 3 pieces! Cf. forgotten cities at the Inuds. Early Cultures in Pakistan from the 8th - 2nd millennium B.C. Exhibition catalog Aachen (1987) p. 105, fig.79, cat.no. B14. Green patina, remains of sinter, intact. Provenance: Ex collection Dr. Klaus Marquardt, North Rhine-Westphalia, 1980s to 2009.