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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

Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Ancient Near East - Mesopotamia
Culture or Country: Found at Senkereh, Mesopotamia.
Period: Ca. 2500-2000 B.C.
Size: 1-1/8”D.

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).
   




Merchant’s Tag with Seal Impressions

BIDDER BID QTY Original Bid Time
1. Treasure Island $300.00 1 12/6/2010 5:50:20 AM
2. rgold4 $275.00 1 12/5/2010 12:08:24 AM
3. del mar $250.00 1 12/2/2010 8:27:39 AM
4. Inspired $225.00 1 11/18/2010 7:43:32 PM
5. jswjr $200.00 1 11/8/2010 10:38:54 PM

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