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15A001
SICKLE SWORD
Assyrian, 14th century B.C. Bronze. The sword blade curves for two thirds of its length but is straight at its lower end. The handle has raised edges and ends in a “comma” to ensure the grip.
Parallels: Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands (London, 1963), p. 207, see especially a sword from Gezer in the Istanbul Museum. Professionally restored in small areas of the blade. Green patina. Very Rare.
$12,500
15A002
SWORD
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Luristan, 1200–1000 B.C. Bronze. Cast sword with a long, tapering blade, raised rib in center flanked by two blood channels and two shorter ribs, a vertically ribbed grip and a conical, hollow-cast pommel. On each side there are incised designs between the flanges. In the pommel are three large round holes, most likely for suspension.
Parallel: P.R.S. Moorey, Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum (1971), No. 57; H. Intact.
$2,500
15A003
MALE FIGURINE
Neo-Babylonian, 1st quarter of 1st millennium B.C. Silver. The small male figure, with large head and narrow body, stands facing in a rigid pose, his feet side-by-side. He wears a loose cap and long, pleated garment with a rolled belt around the waist. His very short right arm is extended, and in his right hand he holds a globe or a piece of fruit. Extremely rare, possibly unique. Intact.
$7,500
15A004
GEM
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Sasanian, 4th century A.D. Nicolo. The stone is for the most part a very dark brown, but the top centimeter is milky gray. The intaglio, cut into the lighter layer, depicts a hunting scene. The hunter, on a galloping horse, draws his bow in the direction of a fleeing stag. Below the horse is a doe, her head lowered and looking backward. A well engraved gem.
$4,250
15A005
PENDANT
Scythian 7th century B.C. Gold. Round pendant in repoussé, with raised rim, a dotted border inside, two horned antelopes(?) kneeling back to back, a small raised mound between their hindquarters.
Parallels: From the Lands of the Scythians (New York, c. 1973), p. 110, no. 72, p. 154, no. 2. Intact.
$3,750
15A006
GRAVE STELA
South Arabian, 6th–3rd century B.C. Limestone. The stela is carved with a stylized human face, flat across the hairline, with large oval eyes beneath nearly straight brows in relief that join to form the long, straight nose. The mouth is a short, straight slit and the cheeks and chin emerge from a narrow ledge that perhaps represents a beard. The eyes are deeply hollowed out. Beneath the face is an inscription in Himyarite script, probably the name of the deceased. Intact.
$3,950
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15A007
EGYPTIANIZING SCARAB-SEAL IN BRONZE MOUNT
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Phoenicia(?), 1st millennium B.C. Bronze and glazed composition. The motifs ornamenting the base of the scarab field are all derived from an ancient Egyptian repertoire and feature a kilted male figure with one arm raised, scarabs, serpents (some winged), Horus falcons, and the like. The top of the elaborate bronze mount features two Egyptianizing figures seated back to back, each with feet resting on the head of an animal.
Parallel: Sabatino Moscati, ed., The Phoenicians (New York, 1999), pp. 450–451, for the mount. Rare. Intact.
$3,500
15A008
FIGURINE OF ISIS
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Egyptianizing-Phoenician, 6th–5th century B.C. Bronze. Isis’ facial features are Phoenician and traces of the original gilding survive on her chest. The goddess wears a tightly fitting sheath. She strides forward with her left foot advanced on a rectangular plinth with a pointed tang beneath. As a great mother goddess with powers of regeneration, Isis was immensely popular in Egypt and in territories under Egyptian influence, such as Phoenicia.
Parallel: compare a Phoenician male figure in bronze dated to the 7th century B.C., Sabatino Moscati, ed., The Phoenicians (New York, 1999), p. 481. Intact.
$3,950
15A009
FIGURINE OF A BOY
Phoenicia. 5th–4th century B.C. Bronze. A boy sits on a roughly triangular rock, his knees drawn up to his chest and his hands resting on his knees. His head is shaved and he wears a loincloth with five to six parallel folds. The compact shape of the figurine suggests it may have served as a weight.
Parallel: See the marble votive statue of a boy from the temple of Eshmun at Sidon, Sabatino Moscati, ed., The Phoenicians (Milan, 1988), p. 285. Intact.
$4,200
15A010
UNGUENT JUGLET
Phoenicia, 4th–3rd century B.C. Sand core glass. The miniature oenochoe is of dark green and yellow glass, with handle and round base of lighter green translucent glass.
Parallels: The Phoenicians (Milan, 1988), pp. 475, 477–479, 485–486. Neck and lip repaired.
$1,250
15A011
GLASS HEAD PENDANTS
Phoenicia, 6th–1st century B.C. Glass. Lengths: 22 mm (.87 in), 17 mm (.67 in), 18 mm (.71 in) Both rod-formed. The first of turquoise glass with a suspension loop, back pad, curls, and eyes, all in dark blue glass, wearing a twisted head band of white, red, yellow and blue glass. The second a small opaque yellow head with applied blue circular eyes and suspension loop. Also a dark purple glass Negroid head pendant with molded details, c. 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., 18 mm. Ex private English collection (Mr. F. of Surrey, 1909–1984), acquired from various sources in the 1960s. Lot of three.
$3,950
15A012
MENORAH PENDANT
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Hebrew-Roman, c. 4th–5th century A.D. Glass. Diameter: 2 cm (.79 in) The pendant is of brown glass, round with a suspension loop; in the recessed interior of the pendant is a seven-branch menorah. Deposits with patches of iridescence fill the background.
Parallels: Y. Israeli, The Wonders of Ancient Glass at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Jerusalem, 1998), p. 56. For a study of these pendants, see Barag, “Late Antique and Byzantine Glass,” in Bianchi, ed., Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection, pp. 307ff. Intact.
$2,250
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