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Title: Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Arundale, F. (Francis), 1807-1853 Bonomi, Joseph Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885
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Publisher: London: J. Weale
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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