396, Lot: 689. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Bronze scorpion weight. Near Eastern, 11th-9th centuries BC. A zoomorphic scorpion-type weight likely corresponding to 1 qedet or 1 1/3 shekel (32mm, 11.49g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 160. Intact with an earthen green patina.

For a similar specimen, see CNG 87, lot 2230 (hammer of $1100).