£360 FOR AN EYE
,p;FIXD IX BABYLON RUINS LONDON, Jan. I.—A' tiny piece of marble, worth only i a few shillings to its first owner, sold if or £'36o at Sotheby’sf ; ** Jt'~was chrygcl. ifiAthe shape of an eye. .c.aiu'e the ruins of ancient Babylon. Around l the pupil of the eye reads the inscription; “To the'god Marduk, his lord Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, presented for his life.”
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 155, 8 March 1939, Page 4
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67£360 FOR AN EYE Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 155, 8 March 1939, Page 4
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