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LOT 3524
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Iron Age, circa 1100-900 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a stylistic housefly with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 170 (1/2 Qedet); cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLV, Teil III, 67 (4/10 Qedet). Condition as seen.(10.40gr, 21mm x 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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LOT 3524
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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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 10 Dirham. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Polyhedral bronze weight; tughra on one side. Cf. Kürkman 143. 30.17gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 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.
