Rectangular pendant with integral suspension loop, the obverse with a four line inscription. 3.67 grams, 24 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

A round-bottomed jar decorated with impressed branch motifs, thick everted rim to the mouth. 985 grams, 23 cm

Fine condition, chip to rim.

From the property of an London gentleman; formerly in a important European collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

Discoid with large looped handle to the reverse; accompanied by typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 22 x 20 x 26mm. This has a round, slightly concave face and a back which rises steeply to a stalk handle with pierced loop. The design on the face, done in intaglio, consists of a walking winged quadruped with tail raised. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2000-1500 B.C. It is a less common type, and the metal is sound.' 21 grams, 26 mm



Ex collection of a late London gentleman, 1990s. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. 205 grams total, 37-93 mm



Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Fourteen arrowheads of this group were typical of the Old Babylonian Empire. The shoulders were pronounced and the arrowhead had a rectangular-section tapering tang. This simple form was popular across the ancient Near East, and similar items have been found in the Holy Land.

Including disc bezel with hatched field, hexagonal bezel with incised legend and other types. 16.11 grams total, 19-22 mm



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

With combat scene of a standing figure grappling with two rearing ibexes each looking backwards towards a rearing horse; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 17.2 grams, 30 mm



From an important London collection, 1980s-2000s.

Restrung designer necklace string of oblate and other types with annular pendant centrepiece. 16 grams, 40.5 cm



London, UK, collection, 2000s.

Modelled as a stylised female with large head with pinched nose, elongated neck and legs, short applied arms. 64 grams, 91 mm



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

Hemispherical in profile with low ring foot, segmented sidewall with frieze of standing beasts, hatched panels; remains of lateral handle, undulating band below the rim, short C-section spout; chipped and partly absent. 344 grams, 10.6 cm



Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.

Plano-convex in section and discoid in plan with transverse piercing; intaglio figure of a standing stag to underside. 3.42 grams, 15 mm



Ex P Chapman collection, 1980s-1990s.

Squat in profile with broad base, tapering sidewall and flared neck, flat everted rim. 990 grams, 10.9 cm wide



Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.

Comprising two conical spindle whorls, the larger with stylised human figures and quadrupeds, the smaller with ring-and-dot decoration. 9.39 grams total, 18-23 mm



Acquired in the 1980s-2000s. From an important London, UK, collection.