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LOT 0095
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Cockerel
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.96 grams, 25 mm).
Ellipsoid intaglio with large bird perched on a baseline, wings spread as if about to take flight; mounted in a fragment of a ferrous finger ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 274, for type.
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Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp Group
Mid 1st century B.C.-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising a low discoid type with trapezoidal nozzle and radiating lines which appears to be from the Herodian period (50 B.C. to 70 A.D.); one with conical nozzle and radiating lines to the shoulder; and one with a long tapering nozzle, lateral spur handle and low-relief rosette to the discus. 150 grams total, 76-83 mm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Bifacial Terracotta Forger's Coin Mould
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Discoid in plan, one side with profile bust of an emperor wearing a radiate crown, legend surrounding; the reverse with two facing figures on a baseline. 3.4 grams, 26 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Rock Crystal Gemstone with Sobek
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Lentoid in section with engraved image of the crocodile-headed god Sobek, wearing a broad collar and pleated kilt, advancing with a spear, wearing the Pa-sekhemty crown; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.24 grams, 15 mm
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The primary centres of worship for Sobek during the Roman Period were Medinet el-Fayum (ancient Shedet) in the Fayum region and Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt, where live crocodiles were kept within the temple precincts. Sobek was associated with other deities and the pharaoh, symbolising procreative and vegetative fertility, as well as strength and power.
