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  • Egyptian Panel with Hieroglyphic Text for Iuraray and Hatia
    Egyptian Panel with Hieroglyphic Text for Iuraray and Hatia

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,224

    A substantial sub-rectangular carved stone panel fragment with four columns of hieroglyphic text referring to the officials Iuraray and Hatia; the hieroglyphic text reads (columns from right to left): (1) … of the Lord of the Two Lands, Iuraray, (justified); (2) … of the Lord of the Two Lands, Hatia, justified; (3) … of his Lord, Iuraray, justified; (4) … Ra, the Lord, Hatia, (justified); two sockets to the underside to accept mounting legs.





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  • Greek Bell Krater
    Greek Bell Krater

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,216

    A large ceramic bell krater with pedestal base, bell-shaped body, square handles and broad everted rim; the rim with red ring to the interior and a band of vine-leaves to the underside of the exterior; the body with two figural scenes separated by painted palmettes beneath the handles; Side A: three nude males on a textured base with wreaths to the brows, one standing with mantle to the shoulders and left arm and staff in right hand, one bearded, seated with a washing sponge, one standing facing, white details to the stephane; Side B: a standing nude male with stephane presenting a wreath to another facing him.





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  • Greek Apulian Pelike with Kore and Eros
    Greek Apulian Pelike with Kore and Eros

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,984

    A ceramic Apulian pelike vessel with two open handles, a narrow neck, a flanged mouth, and a sagging, almost spherical belly; neck decorated with running border of ovules with white dots below; one side painted with standing kore, wearing long robes and hair tied in a bun with a head scarf, large offering platter in one hand, staff in the other with leaves and berries to the top, flower patterns to the background; to the other face a seated naked Eros (Cupid), hair in a bun and tied with a cloth, arm outstretched and holding a rectangular object with X-shape to the middle, flower patterns to the background; scrolled acanthus leaves below the handles separating both scenes; running border of wave pattern to the base.





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  • Greek Attic Black-Figure Mastoid Cup by the Caylus Painter
    Greek Attic Black-Figure Mastoid Cup by the Caylus Painter

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,108

    An Attic black-figure mastoid cup by the Caylus painter, both sides decorated with a winged goddess flanked by youths sitting on blocks or folding chairs; the winged females with white skin and eyes in applied red; some figures with red diadems, youths wearing cloaks with red bordures and white triple dots, two also clad in himatia (mantles) rendered with large white blobs; leafless branches and grapes in the field, single ivy leaves below the handles.





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  • Greek Hellenistic Centuripe Wedding Urn
    Greek Hellenistic Centuripe Wedding Urn

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,580

    A large ceramic vessel consisting of a pedestal base, bell-shaped vessel body with applied acanthus leaf decoration to the base and traces of painted decoration to the central zone; applied decoration of ovolo and leaf motif to the base of the rim, applied lion heads and band to the rim; dome-shaped lid with traces of pigment; funnel-shaped finial with pyxis shaped top with standing figure of Eros (Cupid) wearing loin cloth and wings outspread.





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  • Greek Gold Rosette and Pendant Set
    Greek Gold Rosette and Pendant Set

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,400

    A restrung set of gold elements comprising: rosette plaques with beaded wire to the outer petals, hollow piriform vase pendants with filigree and granule detailing; pairs of lotus blossoms with beaded wire and granule detailing, hollow ribbed pendants with filigree loop and granule finial.





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  • Greek Large Painted Bail-Amphora Vessel
    Greek Large Painted Bail-Amphora Vessel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,976

    A large ceramic black glazed bail-amphora with a pierced and ridged stirrup-shaped handle to the top, rolled and angled rim with long tapering neck and rounded shoulder, both painted with series of vertical lines in black; the body decorated to one side with a seated female in a robe, hair tied in a headscarf and holding a pair of dishes towards a second, standing female, also in long robes and hair tied in a headscarf, to the centre a disc with X-pattern, behind the seated female a crooked staff; to the other side a group of three female figures, two seated and one standing, all in loose robes and hair arranged in a bun, the standing figure holding forward a dish to the seated figure holding a tympanum (?), small altar to the feet of the lower seated figure; below and encircling the vase is a black wave pattern on a reserved band; tapering pedestal foot with band of black paint.





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  • Greek Illyrian Helmet
    Greek Illyrian Helmet

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,400

    A bronze helmet of Illyrian type with rounded skull, flared rear edge, corrugated bands to the crown, D-shaped cheek guards pierced at the apex, separate plume-holders to the brow and rear.





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  • Viking Gold Plaited Bracelet with Ornamented Terminals
    Viking Gold Plaited Bracelet with Ornamented Terminals

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,928

    A large heavy gold bracelet formed as a penannular shank of plaited rods, splayed terminals with punched ornament, each punchmark a triangle with a pellet to each angle.





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  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Mount with Dragons
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Mount with Dragons

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,984

    A gilt-bronze openwork bracket or fitting comprising: a D-shaped plaque with incised running zigzag to the upper face, waisted openwork plate formed as three cells flanked by S-coiled beasts; the upper beasts with one raised three-toed forelimb, D-shaped facing mask with pellet eyes, hatched detailing to the body, tribract to the shoulder, clubbed tail; the lower beasts similar with piscine details; the upper and lower cells D-shaped, the central one a lozenge, with a column of a hatched fish between; pierced at the upper corners and lower cell, two lateral pierced attachment lugs; ferrous remains, lug and part of a separate riveted bronze plate to the reverse.





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  • Medieval Elaborate Gold Ring Brooch with Sapphires
    Medieval Elaborate Gold Ring Brooch with Sapphires

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,460

    A gold ring brooch in the form of four flowers, each set with a cabochon sapphire, thistle design between each flower; pin hinged to top thistle.





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  • Medieval Gold Floral Ring Brooch
    Medieval Gold Floral Ring Brooch

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,464

    A gold ring brooch in the form of two opposed four petalled flowers with stalks forming the ring; each flower set with a sapphire and a garnet; pin looped around the top of the brooch.





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  • Medieval Gold Ring with Point Cut Solitaire Diamond
    Medieval Gold Ring with Point Cut Solitaire Diamond

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,060

    A gold ring with D-section hoop with central rib, widening at the shoulder ending in a lily-shaped flute supporting a four petalled flower set with a natural diamond crystal.





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  • Medieval Gold Inscribed Ring with Historic Diamond
    Medieval Gold Inscribed Ring with Historic Diamond

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,300

    A gold ring with tapering shank engraved with flowers, widening at the bezel and set with a pyramid-shaped diamond crystal in a quatrefoil setting; to the underside of the bezel an inscription reading 'loey..elt' possibly for 'loyalty'.





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  • Medieval Gold Inscribed Signet Ring with Couchant Hound
    Medieval Gold Inscribed Signet Ring with Couchant Hound

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,240

    A D-section gold hoop with flared shoulders and discoid bezel; diagonal beaded bands to the lower hoop, diagonal scooped bands to the shoulders with flower and crown detailing; the bezel with couchant hound in a field with 'mgy' and asterisk above within a beaded border; blackletter text to the inside of the hoop 'Honneur+et+Joye'.





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  • Renaissance Gold and Royal Fleur-de-Lys Ring
    Renaissance Gold and 'Royal Fleur-de-Lys' Ring

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,320

    A narrow D-section gold hoop with frond detailing to the shoulders, bezel formed as a fleur-de-lys with inset rose-cut sapphires or blue spinels, white enamel detailing to the rim and underside.





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  • Post Medieval Large Gold Ring with Heraldic Arms and IK
    Post Medieval Large Gold Ring with Heraldic Arms and IK

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £37,200

    A substantial rectangular-section gold hoop with recesses to the edges, scale pattern panels to the shoulders, volute scrolls supporting a discoid bezel with fluted underside, beaded rim, inset rock crystal with intaglio with heraldic arms and initials I K'; the arms including a helmet with complex lambrequin, crest of a single wing, shield with a facing bull-head over a canted sword; possibly of German origin.





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  • Post Medieval Gold Ring with Diamond Cross
    Post Medieval Gold Ring with Diamond Cross

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,820

    A D-section gold hoop with segmented shoulders and cruciform bezel; the underside with pierced attachment lug; the sides each with two bifid crosses flanking a cell with rose-cut diamond, three rectangular cells each with a rose-cut diamond; the bezel with five similar diamonds, lobed underside with central small diamond.





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  • Post Medieval Gold Elizabethan Heraldic Swivel Ring
    Post Medieval Gold Elizabethan Heraldic Swivel Ring

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,696

    A D-section gold hoop with hexagonal bezel, recessed border, inset swivelling panel with intaglio heraldic designs: a heater shield with curlicues above, three lions rampant; a heater shield with curlicues above, bird above a branch.





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  • Western Asiatic Kassite Cylinder Seal of Son of King Kurigalzu
    Western Asiatic Kassite Cylinder Seal of Son of King Kurigalzu

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,780

    A carved pink chalcedony cylinder seal with nine columns of cuneiform text, surrounding a standing male figure with raised right hand and a winged human-headed bull above; the inscription transcribes and translates as follow: (1) en-šà-du sukkal.m[ah]/ Ensadu (Nuska) the grand vizier (2) en-lìl-là-ke/ of Enlil (3) zi eš-bar til-la/ true, with the complete (power of) (4) inim UB x e-ra-kin!(=KAB!)?/ has sent the command of (..) to you (5) ud-šú-uš e SAG SÌG(?) kaš₄-ì/ daily run to the (...) (6) èš ki-šà ḫè-me! –en/ you are indeed the shrine where the (is) (7) in-da-aš-ú-la-an/ Oh, Indas-ulan (8) dumu ku-ri-gal-zu/ son of Kurigalzu (9) lugal ki-šàr-ra/ king of the universe.





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  • Western Asiatic Kassite Cylinder Seal with God Utu and Merman
    Western Asiatic Kassite Cylinder Seal with God Utu and 'Merman'

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,712

    A large cylinder seal made of dark brown stone with red and white pattern, with six columns of cuneiform text; a seated bearded god facing a standing male worshipper, a 'merman'(?) above; the text translates and transliterates as follow: 1. utu en / Sun-god (Utu), lord 2. sag gal kur-kur-ra / great chief of the lands 3. digir zu nu - [x] / god, sage who does not... 4. kar su u-d[ug] / save when (your) hand is fa(vourable) 5. urdu ni-tuku / (your) reverential servant 6. KI-AG?-BA/ZU-x / (Personal name, unread)





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  • Western Asiatic Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal of Zalay, Son of Sin-Nasir
    Western Asiatic Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal of Zalay, Son of Sin-Nasir

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,224

    A finely carved haematite cylinder seal with three columns of cuneiform text; central scene of a god wearing horned tiara with one leg on a pedestal, holding a sceptre in his left hand; in front of him a standing worshipper followed by a servant holding a bucket and Lamma goddess; text transcribes and transliterates as follow: 1. Za-la-a-a / Zalaya 2. dumu d.Suen-na-se-er / son of Sin-nasir 3. warad d.I-sar-pa-dan/ servant of Isarpadan





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  • Western Asiatic Necklace Amulet from Kurigalzu, King of Babylon
    Western Asiatic Necklace Amulet from Kurigalzu, King of Babylon

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,232

    A roughly crescent-shaped amulet with cuneiform inscription; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Inscribed Centrepiece of Necklace in Vanded Agate 32 x 18 mm. This is roughly of crescent shape, pierced horizontally. One side bears the cuneiform inscription: To Enlil Kurigalzu gave (this necklace). Kurigalalzu was a king of Babylon of the Cassite dynasty, but two kings of the same name are known, the first c. 1380 B.C., the second 1333-1308 B.C. The necklace was meant to be put on a statue of the god Enil as a gift from the king. There is some chipping, but most of the object remains.'





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  • Western Asiatic Axehead of King Shutruk-Nahhunte
    Western Asiatic Axehead of King Shutruk-Nahhunte

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,232

    A bronze axehead with tubular socket, four raised ribs extending to a rear 'comb', thickened borders to the blade with swept underside; two lines of Akkadian cuneiform text to one face within a frame reading "ša EŠŠ šu-ut-ru-uk/nah-hu-un-te" i.e. “(property) of King Shutruk-Nahhunte”.





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