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Handles of various sorts were also made out of bronze\u2026.. $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Also decorative pieces and household deity statues\u2026.
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And people would even write on soft bronze, sometimes there were curse sanctions on small pieces of the metal which were anathematizing others and were rolled up and rolled into the sanctuary of the god one wanted to curse some enemy. Remember Paul saying \u2018no one can say anathema Jesus and be his follower?<\/p>\n

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Here finally is a bronze door\u2026..
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