LOT 3528
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. After 5th century BC.
Cubical bronze weight with flat round base inscribed uncertain letters. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 120 (4 Shekel). Condition as seen.(3.15gr, 14mm x 9mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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LOT 3528
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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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. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 1.47gr, 19mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed 'Hord 19/10/71 from Hebron' and '1.47 gms'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Bronze weight in the shape of a frog upon cylinder, standing of flat round base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 121 (bird; 4 Shekels). 14.17gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
