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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 411782, member: 29"]I've got a couple of these. One bought on Cyprus, doesn't pretend to be anything but a new lookalike. The other was bought in Jordan and is carved stone - came from Petra. The seller took great care to tell me it was new, but had been carved in accordance with ancient tradition. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only real way of dating terracotta ones is radio carbon, which is a bit OTT. Again, these can be bought inexpensively when the real thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 411782, member: 29"]I've got a couple of these. One bought on Cyprus, doesn't pretend to be anything but a new lookalike. The other was bought in Jordan and is carved stone - came from Petra. The seller took great care to tell me it was new, but had been carved in accordance with ancient tradition. The only real way of dating terracotta ones is radio carbon, which is a bit OTT. Again, these can be bought inexpensively when the real thing.[/QUOTE]
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