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Title: syrian or near east idol ?
Post by: Martinus82 on April 14, 2019, 03:27:09 pm

Hello,

i`ve got These Thing some  years ago and don`t know anything About this, but think, this is a modern fake ?!

Could someone help here ?

Thank you

Title: Re: syrian or near east idol ?
Post by: RL on April 15, 2019, 05:28:40 am

No idea if it's real or fake but the style of this and some of the other items you have posted (eg https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=118796.msg707580;topicseen#new) is of the Indus Valley civilisation. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation https://harappa.com/figurines/5.html