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| Auction Closes At: |
10:06:00 12/07/2010 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
003. Merchant’s Tag with Seal Impressions |
| Estimate: |
$400-$600 |
| Current High Bid: |
$300.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$300.00 |
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| Category: |
Antiquities
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| Sub Category: |
Ancient Near East - Mesopotamia
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| Culture or Country: |
Found at Senkereh, Mesopotamia.
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| Period: |
Ca. 2500-2000 B.C.
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| Size: |
1-1/8”D. |
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| Description: |
A rounded pottery ball type merchants tag, originally attached to merchandise with a rope, when the rope decayed it left a hole through the center of the tag. It bears the seal impressions of four witnesses or business men: a Pegasus, a winged griffin, a standing human figure and a figure holding a staff(?). A large area of crystallized encrustation and an ancient crack on one side of the perforation hole, otherwise intact. A rare example. |
| Provenance: |
Private North Carolina collection, acquired in the 1930s, to present owner by descent. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$18.00 |
| International: |
$55.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Merchant’s Tag with Seal Impressions
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