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Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Pillow-shaped tablet with impressed segmentation to both broad faces, incised pictographs and groups of impressed roundels, hatched blocks and other notations; repaired. 383 grams, 12.5 cm
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s.
Cf. Salvatore Monaco, Archaic Cuneiform Tablets from Private Collections,CUSAS 31, for other comparable tablets.
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s.
Cf. Salvatore Monaco, Archaic Cuneiform Tablets from Private Collections,CUSAS 31, for other comparable tablets.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Tongue-shaped plaque, lentoid in section with segmented layout to each face, impressed pellets and geometric figures; supplied with a display stand. 155 grams, 10.3 cm (251 grams total, 11.2 cm high including stand)
From an important collection formed before 1988.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Ex J.L. collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12418-226307.
Cf. Salvatore Monaco, Archaic Cuneiform Tablets from Private Collections,CUSAS 31, no.143 (CDLI P464182) for type.
From an important collection formed before 1988.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Ex J.L. collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12418-226307.
Cf. Salvatore Monaco, Archaic Cuneiform Tablets from Private Collections,CUSAS 31, no.143 (CDLI P464182) for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Pillow-shaped tablet with dense cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge. 130 grams, 82 mm
Private collection Mr S.A., acquired in 1994; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12116-218146.
Cf. Salvatore Monaco, Archaic Cuneiform Tablets from Private Collections, CUSAS 31, no.143 (CDLI P464182), for type.
Private collection Mr S.A., acquired in 1994; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12116-218146.
Cf. Salvatore Monaco, Archaic Cuneiform Tablets from Private Collections, CUSAS 31, no.143 (CDLI P464182), for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Pillow-shaped clay tablet with grid to both broad faces, cuneiform text. 114 grams, 72 mm
Formerly in North American collection, 1990s.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Formerly in North American collection, 1990s.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Drum-shaped with frieze of crouching worshippers, each with arms raised and hair worn in a braid behind the head; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 30 grams, 24 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 3, for type.
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 3, for type.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Featuring a single register with a bearded male figure facing right, pair of animals engaged in fight to both sides, possibly depicting an ibex and a lion on their hindlegs. 10.5 grams, 29 mm
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card.
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With frieze comprising a tall figure in floor-length robe and conical headgear with a small canine at his side, similarly dressed second figure with sceptre held to the chest, third figure in knee-length robe; two later engraved columns of cuneiform text. 4.84 grams, 22 mm
From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
With low-relief journey scenes: Shamash returning from the underworld; Shamash between mountains and Gates of Heaven, possibly some re-engraving. 30.18 grams, 35 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12419-225429.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 97, for type.
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12419-225429.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 97, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
With seated figure with one hand extended holding a vessel towards a standing bearded figure with fringed robe, and standing female in pointed headdress and flounced robe, both arms bent and hands raised; disc with crescent above, two columns of cuneiform text to the rear; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.6 grams, 28 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 13, for type.
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 13, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Frieze of four male figures in profile in advancing pose; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.8 grams, 18 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
With combat scene comprising a standing bearded male with ankle-length fringed kilt and four wings, gripping the forelegs of two rearing winged gryphons; the stone slightly polished; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 13 grams, 32 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East,London, 2005, items 13, 26.
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East,London, 2005, items 13, 26.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
With court scene: female figure with looped headdress seated on a four-legged chair with her raised arms from which two streams of liquid issue to the floor; to her rear, a guilloche panel with gryphon perched on top with small birds, advancing lion beneath; tall robed figure facing the female, with floor-length spilt robe, attendant with fan and objects in the field; bronze loop to one end; possibly some re-engraving; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 17.7 grams, 43 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 3, for type.
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 3, for type.
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