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LOT 1138
Amlash Bronze Zebu Amulet
CIRCA 1000-800 B.C.
2 in. (60 grams, 49 mm).
Standing with D-section rump, suspension ring to shoulders behind the cupim.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1980s.
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Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
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With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended towards a supplicant in floor-length garment offering a bird in both hands towards the first figure; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment behind the supplicant. 15 grams, 26.6 mm
From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
About half the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text. -
Ancient Bead Necklace String
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Eastern Levant Zoomorphic AE Shekel Weight
Bronze to Iron II Age, circa 12th-6th centuries B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
In the form of a horse reclining; inscription in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician engraved on base: ŠQL QRQR ('Shekel of Karkor?). 18.53 grams, 39 x 19 x 11mm
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E Sale 564, lot 1302. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12428-226549.