385, Lot: 764. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lot of five weights. Egyptian and Syro-Phoenician, circa 15th-9th centuries BC. Each with dome-shaped top, tapering sides, and flat base. Includes the following: Basalt 2 Qedet (25x16mm, 18.68g). Hendin 135 // Bronze 2 Shekel weight (19x11mm, 16.75) // Diorite 9/10 Qedet or 1 Shekel (20x13mm, 8.75g) // Hematite 2/5 Qedet (15x9mm, 3.63g) // Hematite 1/3 Qedet (14x8mm, 3.22g). Cf. Hendin 140. All well-preserved and rare.