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LOT 1182
Amlash Pottery Jug with Zoomorphic Handle
10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/2 in. (435 grams, 19 cm).
Comprising a squat body and basal ring. tall tubular neck with trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle with spur to the upper face.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s.
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Pillow-shaped with bands of cuneiform text on both faces and on the three edges, one edge with a seal impression; repaired. 173 grams, 10.3 cm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Old Akkadian Terracotta Round Cuneiform Tablet Recording Amounts of Grain
Circa 2340-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Spherical with cuneiform text to the upper face. 14.3 grams, 26 mm
Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1970s-1980s. Ex European private collection, acquired in 1998. -
Neo-Babylonian Stone Duck Weight Collection
800-600 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Each carved in the round as a duck with its head laid back along its spine; one drilled for suspension, one with old label to the underside reading '102/2, 11.7.90'. 121 grams total, 22-48 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
