LOT 3512
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with Phoenician letter on the bottom. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.(4.12gr, 18mm x 8mm x 5mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 4 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5009. 32,42gr, 29mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with bird(?) flying to right on the bottom. 7.57gr, 13mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Silver Weight of 8 Dirham. After 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Polyhedral silver weight; sides decorated with floral and pelleted patterns. 22.28gr, 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
