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LOT 4184
Lot of Two [2] Bone Weights of Minor Asia and the Levante. Circa 750-300 BC.
Bone rings with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. Condition as seen.(4.85gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, established from the early 2000s.
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LOT 4184
Lot of Two [2] Bone Weights of Minor Asia and the Levante.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Bronze weight in the shape of a bird or duck. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.168, 173 (1/2 qedet). 2.85gr, 19mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Roman-Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two small confronted busts; in the middle, one larger bust to left / Blank. Cf. Leukel, 185 (all busts to left). 17.12gr, 22mm x 11mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
