Lead anchor stock with a semi-hollow section, missing one arm. Portion of the both without the retaining peg that was supposed to be wooden. The arm has an opening that allows for glimpsing the inside.
Lead anchor stock with a semi-hollow section, missing one arm. Portion of the both without the retaining peg that was supposed to be wooden. The arm has an opening that allows for glimpsing the inside.
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NOTES
1 PALLARES 1961, p. 385
2 Cfr. soprattutto KAPITAN 1971 e 1984.
3 PERRONE MERCANTI 1979; BOTTINI, FRESCHI 1993
4 DELL’AMICO 1999
5 GIANFROTTA, POMEY 1981, p. 306
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