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LOT 3527
Levant & the Near East Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. After 4th century BC.
Polyhedral bronze weight inscribed on one side ŠLŠT. Cf. Elayi & Elayi, Recherches No 4, fig. 19 (same inscription on a zoomorphic weight). Condition as seen.(9.63gr, 14mm x 1mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3527
Levant & the Near East Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Large dome-shaped bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 9.57gr, 36mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Levant & the Near East Bronze Weight of Half Shekel. Iron Age, after 900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Relief of deity's head, possibly Astarte, with tall headdress; all on cubical base. For a similar weight cf. Hendin 184. 4.91gr, 10mm x 10mm x10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Truncated spherical bronze weight with engraved large X on one base and conical incuse on the other. 2.20gr, 12mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
