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Seated ibex, long curving horns, legs tucked under his body, head turned sideways. Superb lustre patina. Such figures were used as weights. This figure weighs 85 grams or 10 Babylonian/Near-Eastern shekels used also by the Persians (8.46  in today’s grams.)

Size: 3.6 cm L - 1 7/16 inches
Material: Bronze, 85 grams
Culture: Achaemenide, c. 6th-5th Century B.C.
Condition: Intact
Display stand included

Provenance: Swiss collection, Mrs. A. A., acquired in the 1990’s in a Paris gallery. 
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Achaemenide, c. 6th-5th Century B.C. - Asia

Achaemenide - Bronze, Ibex Weight

Natural History & Taxidermy

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Extras

with original box

Period

1990-2000

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

1950-1960

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

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Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Cambrian, Miaolingian (509 - 497 million years)

Cambrian, Furongian (497 - 485.4 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 million years)

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CITES Appendix II - Annex B in the EU

CITES Appendix I - Annex A in the EU

CITES Appendix III - Annex C in the EU

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