Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 45

A Palmyra terracotta tessera circa 3rd century AD ticket to a sacred banquet

Estimate £150 - £200

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Description

A Palmyra terracotta tessera

circa 3rd century AD

ticket to a sacred banquet, one side with two busts and crossed palm branches and the other with a bust and Aramaic text,

3cm wide,

and a clay tablet with two figure above a sun burst, the top pierced for attachment, 3.5cm high. (2)

Provenance

George and Florangel Lambor collection.