A COLLECTION OF ABBASID GLASS RING WEIGHTS Egypt, 9th century...
A COLLECTION OF ABBASID GLASS RING WEIGHTS
Egypt, 9th century and later
Comprising eight pierced commodity weights and a circular dimpled example, some with indistinct impressed seals, in various Arabic scripts; with some surface roughness and chipping.
Largest 6cm x 8.5cm x 4.5cm (9)
Islamic glass ring weights (often called ratl) were specialized annular objects used in the medieval Islamic world – during the 8th through the 15th centuries (Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk periods) – to measure heavy commodities or larger quantities of metal currency.
Provenance:
The Collection of Georges Antaki.
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A COLLECTION OF ABBASID GLASS RING WEIGHTS
Egypt, 9th century and later
Comprising eight pierced commodity weights and a circular dimpled example, some with indistinct impressed seals, in various Arabic scripts; with some surface roughness and chipping.
Largest 6cm x 8.5cm x 4.5cm (9)
Islamic glass ring weights (often called ratl) were specialized annular objects used in the medieval Islamic world – during the 8th through the 15th centuries (Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk periods) – to measure heavy commodities or larger quantities of metal currency.
Provenance:
The Collection of Georges Antaki.
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Time, Location
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