Artifact is as found in the Holy Lands, and this item has NO repair or restoration

weigh2.96  grams Possible Arab or Bedoiun origin

lapis lazuli from persia

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Reputation is important in this trade and one question we are asked often is, how do they determine age of each artifact?

The holy land has a unique history and professional diggers of artifacts dig and can tell what level relates to the time by texture and colour of the soil as well as by identification knowledge of the Artifact.

Roman artefacts and local holy land items are at different level to crusaders and Arabs did control vast areas.

And is rare to find sites of Arab and Crusader Artifacts in same place