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LOT 1326
Achaemenid Glass Bead Necklace String
500 B.C. AND LATER
14 3/8 in. (16.7 grams, 36.5 cm).
Composed of mainly oblate turquoise-coloured beads with a large barrel-shaped feature bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform School Exercise Tablet
Circa 1950-1700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Discoid in plan and lentoid in section, bearing cuneiform scribal work in large characters on both sides. 153 grams, 81 mm
From a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members and dispersed in 1988 in London and Geneva.
Such scribal 'practise tablets' are always of this round shape: Type IV tablets, also known as 'lentils', are circular tablets containing one or a few lines of a composition written out once by the teacher and then a second time by the student, either underneath (typical of Nippur tablets), or on the reverse. This would appear to be an example of the latter. -
Mesopotamian Black Stone Kohl Container
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Bifacial rectangular container with suspension loops and three tubular chambers, hatching to the edges and herringbone borders; obverse with low-relief scene of an altar and two worshippers wearing pointed caps and belted tunics; reverse with faravahar winged disc above two worshippers with arms raised flanking a bowl with raised stand. 130 grams, 72 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12255-221936. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Dirham Coin Weight
12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Obverse with three lines of impressed script; reverse with one line. 2.8 grams, 24 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
