Auction 67 Part 2
Amulets and Beads, Oil Lamps, Glass, Antiquities
Oct 17, 2019
(Your local time)
Israel
Dan Hotel Tel Aviv, 99 Hayarkon st.
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LOT 712:
A ROYAL BRONZE ARROWHEAD
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Sold for: $11,000
Estimated price:
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6,000 - $8,000
Auction house commission:
18%
VAT: On commission only
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Late 11th-10th century BCE. 9.1 cm long. The Phoenician inscription, which appears on both sides, made of short lines struck by a chisel, reads: ḥṣ zkrb‘l mlk ’mr “Arrow of Zakarba‘al, King of Amurru”. In very good condition and very rare. For an identical royal arrowhead see: R. Deutsch and M. Heltzer, Forty New Ancient West Semitic Inscriptions, 1994, pp. 12-3. Ex Shlomo Moussaieff collection, Herzliya Pituah. (Non Exportable).
