Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art
Mar 9, 2018
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LOT 300:
ANCIENT STONE FLINT BLADES
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Estimated price:
$
500 - $700
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Group of four. Length: 5 - 2.5 inches.
Egypt.
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).
