Ancient Art and Antiquities Catalogue


Object Type: Judaica (9 Items)

Mandaean magic bowl with Aramaic inscription
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Title: Mandaean magic bowl with Aramaic inscription
Item Code: x2890
Description: A Mandaean magic bowl with traces of an inscription in Aramaic.
Rejoined.
Pottery bowls of this type were placed upturned in the foundations of dwellings and were believed to offer protection to the house and its occupants by trapping malevolent spirits.
Origin: Circa 5th-7th century A.D. Southern Mesopotamia
Dimensions: Diameter: 17.0 cm / Depth: 7.0 cm
Price: AUD $750.00 USD $525.00 EUR €397.50
References: For similar cf Arte Primitivo, New York, December 22 2000, lot 403
Status: Available
Limestone seal with inscription
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Title: Limestone seal with inscription
Item Code: 02819
Description: A limestone trapezoidal seal or weight, the engraved surface with Northwest Semitic alphabetic signs (these appear to be a sin, lamed and bet).
Origin: Circa late 1st millennium B.C. Israel / Lebanon
Dimensions: 32 x 30 x 23 mm
Condition: Intact, with superb patina and wear.
Price: AUD $250.00 USD $175.00 EUR €132.50
Status: Available
A Jewish tefillah, Egypt
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Title: A Jewish tefillah, Egypt
Item Code: a7073
Description: A Jewish tefillah, a small box containing pieces of parchment inscribed with quotations from scripture. Raw leather. One tefillah is strapped to the forehead, the other to the upper arm facing the heart, a reminder to love God with heart and mind.
Origin: Circa 19th century A.D. Sinai region, Egypt
Dimensions: 35 mm x 50 mm
Condition: Some stitching undone, otherwise good condition.
Price: AUD $390.00 USD $273.00 EUR €206.70
Status: Available
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Item Code: x1298
Description: A Holy Land pottery jar, thick-walled and crudely formed.
Rejoined.
Origin: Middle to Late Bronze Age, circa mid 2nd millennium B.C. Israel / Palestine
Dimensions: Height: 19.5 cm / Diameter at rim: 13.5 cm
Price: AUD $250.00 USD $175.00 EUR €132.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: a7071
Description: A Jewish tefillah, a small box containing pieces of parchment inscribed with quotations from scripture.
Raw leather.
One tefillah is strapped to the forehead, the other to the upper arm facing the heart, a reminder to love God with heart and mind.
Some stitching undone, otherwise good condition.
Origin: Circa 19th century A.D. Sinai region, Egypt
Dimensions: 25 x 47 mm
Price: AUD $390.00 USD $273.00 EUR €206.70
Status: Available
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Item Code: a7072
Description: A Jewish tefillah, a small box containing pieces of parchment inscribed with quotations from scripture.
Raw leather.
One tefillah is strapped to the forehead, the other to the upper arm facing the heart, a reminder to love God with heart and mind.
Stitching undone, otherwise good condition.
Origin: Circa 19th century A.D. Sinai region, Egypt
Dimensions: 30 x 50 mm
Price: AUD $390.00 USD $273.00 EUR €206.70
Status: Available
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Item Code: a7074
Description: A Jewish tefillah, a small box containing pieces of parchment inscribed with quotations from scripture.
Raw leather.
One tefillah is strapped to the forehead, the other to the upper arm facing the heart, a reminder to love God with heart and mind.
Minor loss, otherwise good condition.
Origin: Circa 19th century A.D. Sinai region, Egypt
Dimensions: 60 x 85 mm
Price: AUD $550.00 USD $385.00 EUR €291.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: 09550
Description: A Judaean green glass medallion with lion.
Intact.
Origin: Circa 1st-3rd century A.D. Holy Land
Dimensions: Diameter: 28 mm
Price: AUD $300.00 USD $210.00 EUR €159.00
Status: Available
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Item Code: t3285
Description: A beautiful Bedouin silver Hirz pendant, made by Yemeni Jewish silversmiths from old coin silver.
These ornaments traditionally contain a prayer to protect the wearer.
The style of the Yemeni smiths is unique, though it shows influences from both Islamic and Ethiopian Christian craftsmen.
Origin: Taiz, Yemen, circa late 19th to early 20th century.
Dimensions: Length: 14 cm
Price: AUD $440.00 USD $308.00 EUR €233.20
Status: Available