LOT 3514
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with horseman to right on the bottom. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.(5.92gr, 18mm x 9mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Bronze weight in the shape of a resting lion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 144. 45.20gr, 40mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex property of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1970s. -
Judaea PB Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Menorah on tripod base flanked by lulav(?) and shovel(?) to the left and shofar to the right / Falcon or eagle, with spread wings, grasping in talons serpent to right. For similar cf. Gorny & Mosch 212, 3338 & TimeLine Auctions 161, 2693. 3.63gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, assembled in the 1970s–1980s. European private collection, acquired in 1998. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirhams. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Polyhedral bronze weight with blank faces. Pondera Online 11388. 153gr, 28mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
