A GROUP OF SEVEN ISLAMIC GLASS WEIGHTS Egypt and Levant,...
A GROUP OF SEVEN ISLAMIC GLASS WEIGHTS
Egypt and Levant, Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid period, 8th-11th century
With raised rims around a recessed flat central field, with stamped mirror image Arabic script; weights as such typically carry the name of an official (often a governor or a muhtasib, the market inspector), a caliph's name, or a religious formula, they served to check the weight of coins and to measure goods.
20mm diameter average (7)
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
A GROUP OF SEVEN ISLAMIC GLASS WEIGHTS
Egypt and Levant, Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid period, 8th-11th century
With raised rims around a recessed flat central field, with stamped mirror image Arabic script; weights as such typically carry the name of an official (often a governor or a muhtasib, the market inspector), a caliph's name, or a religious formula, they served to check the weight of coins and to measure goods.
20mm diameter average (7)
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
