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  The Metrological Relief
  Where and when was it found?
  The Metrological Relief (a000103)
  • Probably found in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey) or on one of the off-shore islands (modern Greece) in 1625-6, when William Petty, chaplain to Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel was collecting classical sculpture and inscriptions on behalf of his employer.
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