141 299 MEDICAL LADLE. (“Kimlo Tarvad.”) Length: 7 inches. $1000-1500 ❧ There is a shiur (measurement) in Jewish law referred to as the size of a ladle “Kimlo Tarvad” see Mishnah, Keilim (17:12). The Mussaf Ha’Aruch (Erech Tarvid) clearly describes this shiur as referring to Roman medical ladles which were of an established standard size in the Ancient world. 300 ANCIENT STONE FLINT BLADES. Group of four. Length: 5 - 2.5 inches. Egypt. $500-700 ❧ The Torah (Shemoth 4:25) records that Zipporah (wife of Moshe) took a sharp stone (“Tzor”) and circumcised her son. In the Book of Joshua (5:2), God instructs Yehoshua to circumcise all Jews who were born during the forty years of wandering in the desert. The Hebrew term for these knives is: “Charvoth-Tzurim.” These are the ancient flint knives that the Torah is referring to. PROVENANCE: Formerly in the collection of the American archaeologist Dr. Donald Brown (1908-2014). 301 (MEDICAL TOOLS). A collection of medical tools from the time of Talmud. Group of five. Length: 5.5 - 2 inches. $1000-1500 ❧ The Talmud (Berachoth f. 60a) records Rebbe Yishmael as stating that God permits a physician to heal his fellow-man. Indeed Shmuel Amora was a doctor (see Baba Metzia f. 85b) whose views on treating the sick are noted in Baba Metzia f. 107b, as well as his Halachic questions relating to medicine (see Shabbos ff. 129a and 148a). Shmuel’s medical practices are also recorded (see Nedarim f. 50b) The Mishnah in Keilim (12:3) makes note of a chest of medical tools. These medical tools are a window into the past as to how doctors in the time of the Mishnah and Talmud performed their trade. 302 ANCIENT ROLLING SEAL. 0.75 inches. $1000-1500 ❧ 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 Masechta 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.