D-section pendant with flared end and twin suspension lugs; incised text to reverse 'There is One God and God is Great'. 10.9 grams, 34 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Round-section shank with clubbed ends. 21 grams, 64 mm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended towards a supplicant in floor-length garment offering a bird in both hands towards the first figure; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment behind the supplicant. 15 grams, 26.6 mm



From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.

About half the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text.

A short sword or dagger with slender triangular blade, low round midrib with flat upper face, annular guard and remains of scooped shoulders, columnar grip with open sides to receive bone or wooden hilt, crescent pommel. 322 grams, 44 cm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

These kind of bronze daggers or dirks, typical of Marlik culture, were cast in a one piece mould according to Negahban, although in some specimens the penannular guard was cast later into the blade. The separate sets of encircling ribs on the grips are again typical of swords from the Marlik area.

Banded agate plaque in frame with dense rosette and foliage to reverse; intaglio rider on rearing horse, with round shield and turban helmet, one arm raised holding a staff, scroll above with legend. 12.3 grams, 43 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Tabular with transverse piercing, three lines of Kufic text to obverse. 11.6 grams, 23 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Tongue-shaped sheet silver panel with repoussé profile figure in floor-length robe raising hands; pierced at upper corners, band of repoussé pellets to each edge. 1.75 grams, 31 mm



UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

Penannular in form with tapered ends, twisted rod format. 8.8 grams, 50 mm



UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

Comprising a quantity of variously shaped beads in glass, faience, lapis lazuli, and other materials. 83 grams total, 2-31 mm



From a bead collection formed in the 1990s.

Globular in profile with painted central roundel and concentric geometric rings to each face, loop handles to the shoulders and flared neck; repaired. 1.06 kg, 22 cm high



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Columnar in form with pinched facial features, bisected headdress, horns to the collar and belt to the waist, arms bent and raised with fingers hooked to hold implements. 46 grams, 10.7 cm



From an important North London collection formed before 1980. From a private collection of an Exeter gentleman since 2015.

Biconvex globular body with broad neck, everted rim, two ledge handles to the equator. 1.52 kg, 24.7 cm



From an important collection of pottery formed before 1988.