Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 0264
Aramaic Lead Scroll with Magical Text
2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (31 grams, 58 mm).
A rectangular lead sheet rolled into a tight scroll with the text to the inner face.
Provenance
Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Footnotes
The item was possibly meant to be what the Romans called a defixio or 'curse tablet', on which the magical malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up) so that the victim could not find it or change it.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 0264
Aramaic Lead Scroll with Magical Text
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
RELATED LOTS
-
Bactrian Copper Stamp Seal with Ibex
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Ibex-shaped seal with segmented body and long horns, facing right, standing on all four legs; mounted in a modern wooden frame with fabric backing. 220 grams total, 17.8 cm including frame
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman.
The object belongs to a large class of compartmented seals, characteristic of this area. These stamps were frequently produced in either copper or bronze and would feature distinctive figural or geometric patterns such as floral and cross motifs, or animals such as goats, snakes, scorpions and mythical beasts. The wild goat or markhor or ibex Shumashti Siru, was a tribal animal subject to representation on the most ancient Bactrian seals. -
Western Asiatic Gold and Bead Pendant
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £117
Tubular and other beads in carnelian, glass and other materials on a later gold wire dangle. 1.36 grams, 40 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s. -
Phoenician Glass Beads with Gold Spacers
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising two tubular banded green beads with gold collars, fused with other beads. 7.05 grams, 79 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
