Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of black ink text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, marginal arabesque painted motif and re ink framing to recto; pencil marks and notation. 5.3 grams, 21.5 x 34 cm



Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.

Moulded in high-relief; mother standing nude and holding child in her left hand and offering her breast to the child with her right; mounted on a custom-made stand. 144 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand



Acquired in the UK in the early 1990s. Ex property of a Guernsey collector.

With bulbous body segmented to the underside, tall tubular neck with spiral ornament to the outer face, stepped collars and flange rim, four zoomorphic legs; the applicator round-section, fusiform with square-section central handle, geometric ornament. 441 grams total, 14-14.2 cm



Ex property of a Surrey gentleman. From a private collection of an Exeter gentleman since 2015.

With horizontal concentric rings, central frond motif. 759 grams, 24.2 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Including barbed-and-tanged, slender leaf-shaped and other types. 504 grams total, 10-22.2 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Polyhedral in form with concentric ring motif to each face. 14.5 grams, 16 mm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Including a bone dress pin, small bronze axehead, ceramic bust fragment and other items. 382 grams total, 4-14 cm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

With conical base and flared rim, hemispherical bowl with everted rim, decorative horizontal bands to the outer face. 569 grams, 18.1 cm wide



Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.

Composed of graduated beads of various types of white stone, rock crystal, glass, coral and shell. 15.5 grams total, 2-15 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.

With short socketted shaft, the plain rectangular blade broadening towards the cutting edge. 460 grams, 15.2 cm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Unadorned weapons, especially axes, adzes and picks, were made by Luristan craftsmen for the Elamite warriors using simple clay or stone bivalve moulds, into which a core to form the socket for the shaft was inserted. Typically, the metallic composition consisted of a combination of arsenical bronze and copper, together with a small percentage of lead.

Octagonal in plan with polychrome glazed female bust surrounded by flowers. 723 grams, 18.3 cm



Acquired in London, 3 May 1989. Private collection, London.

Square-section hoop with carination to the plaque, granulated collar and pearl bead. 3.88 grams, 27.36 mm overall, 15.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.