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 2 Shekels. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Bronze weight in the shape of a shell. 29.12gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 2 Shekel. After 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Bronze cubical weight inscribed on one side HGHYL'L and LTGTP above and below linear design. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights -; Elayi & Elayi, Recherches -. 16.28gr, 23mm x 12mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 161. 9.06gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
