Auction 75 · Lot 302
0.75 inches.
0.75 inches.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
ANCIENT ROLLING SEAL.
summary
This rolling seal (“sarvila dechisma”) is used to create impressions onto clay. Rolling seals were a common article in the ancient world and are specifically discussed in the Talmud Mesechta Shabbos. The question raised in the Gemara is whether a women is permitted on the Sabbath to wear such a seal as an adornment around her neck.