Including a ceramic smoking pipe stem, and other items. 136 grams total, 53-75 mm



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

Squat and with a low foot, broad carinated mouth; raised rim with brackets supporting a strap handle; dense knotwork and arcaded borders, rosettes and tendrils. 945 grams, 18 cm wide



Private collection, UK.

Square in plan, accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay tablet, 34 x 32 mm., with a total of 8 lines of Sumerian cuneiform on obverse and reverse. Some surface corrosion but much of the script clear. An administrative document with many figures, from Sumer from the Akkadian period, c. 2300-2200 B.C.' 22.22 grams, 35 mm



London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a scholarly note (11.), typed and unsigned by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert, with a copy of the note with notes to verso, including 'offered to JPR (J.P. Rosen) at $190 '(19)86.

Rectangular with inlaid geometric and tendril designs to the lid and sides, inside and out; hinged lid, slots for pens and ink. 3.02 kg, 31.5 x 10.5 cm



Private collection, UK.

Composed of small tubular beads with a tabular pendant; restrung. 9.91 grams, 33 cm



From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.

Comprising a discoid body with raised inverted rim, a stylised head of a bird(?) to the top with large ring-and-dot eyes; pierced for suspension; restored. 14.40 grams, 51 mm



From the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Europe.

With bulbous body and discoid base, thick loop, applied coloured inserts. 5.14 grams, 22 mm



From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.

With geometric 'stylised fish' motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.49 grams, 14.09 mm



Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Comprising: two large tanged arrowheads, mainly of triangular type with mid-rib; two arrowheads with barbed shoulders, midrib and a stop on the blade with a long tang. 122 grams total, 12.7-15 cm



Acquired in the 1990s. Ex Abelita family collection.

One category of the represented arrowheads has a sharp blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a rhomboid or tringular blade. Godard claimed that both types of heads, barbed and not barbed, came from Luristan.

A medieval period flat-section rectangular plaque pierced at the broad end with incised calligraphic legend: 'Zahra the splendid or the radiant governor of Esphahan ...', Zaraa or Zahra is a female name which also refers to boundless beauty (ذرع اصفهانی واسع الخلیفه با ما معمور). 10.6 grams, 51 mm



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

Comprising a squat body and basal ring. tall tubular neck with trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle with spur to the upper face. 435 grams, 19 cm



From the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s.

Comprising an onion-shaped body with basal ring and broad curved shoulder, tiered neck, strap handle; mouth and pouring lip chipped. 390 grams, 18.2 cm



From the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s.