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LOT 0197
Akkadian Alabaster Cylinder Seal of Kiruzum (or Hurruzum), Servant of (the Goddess) Ninsianna
LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (42 grams, 38 mm).
With frieze depicting a throne-room scene, seated king in tiered robe confronted by two robed supplicants with an altar and idol, two columns of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12245-222160.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 104, for type.
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LOT 0197
Akkadian Alabaster Cylinder Seal of Kiruzum (or Hurruzum), Servant of (the Goddess) Ninsianna
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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Large Syro-Hittite Terracotta Goddess Idol
1500-500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Standing female deity (Astarte?), wearing a long cloak and two broad necklaces; arms bent and hands placed on the chest; mounted on a custom-made stand; repaired. 260 grams total, 23 cm high including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Assyrian Bronze Arm and Hand Type Brooch
Circa 7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
The bow decorated with circumferential grooves, one arm ending with the partially preserved wire coil; the catchplate in the form of a hand engraved with an X; accompanied by a display frame with information ticket. 186 grams total, 10 x 10.3 cm including frame
Ex Robin Symes Gallery, London, UK, 1990s. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Fibulae with triangular bows (type 3 of Curtis classification) were the most common in Assyria. At least 66 bronze examples have been found at Nimrud, 32 in the graves and tombs at Ashur, 14 at Kouyunjik (some of them represented only by fragments), three at Nebbi Yunus, six at Khorsabad, three at Sharif Khan, all fragmentary, and single examples at Tell Billa and Tell al Rimah. -
Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Amounts of Barley
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Rectangular tablet, lentoid in section, with surface divided into three panels, each with a proto-Sumerian legend in an early form of cuneiform script. 26.3 grams, 55 mm
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12243-220927.
