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LOT 0923
Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet
CIRCA 2000 B.C.
3 1/4 in. (116 grams, 83 mm).
With impressed text to both principal faces, reading:
1) 70 sar of land (1 quarter hectare)
2) [...],
3) (for the price of) 6 shekels of silver,
4-7) Aradmu bought from Huwawa son of Suda and Sugunu son of Itiya.
8-12) Ur-Enlil son of Lu-Nanna, Beli-damiq, Lani priest-oint, Šu-Iškur are the witnesses.
13-14) In the day of the 28th of the month Dukuga,
15-17) the year the governor of Anšan married the king's daughter
; repaired. [No Reserve]
Acquired before 1990s/early 2000s.
From the family collection of Jack Lyttle (1944-2023), Kilmacolm, Scotland; thence by descent to his granddaughter.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Neo-Assyrian Winged Gryphon Bone Plaque
Circa 700 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rectangular carved furniture panel with raised frame above and below the central figure modelled in the half-round; the figure an advancing gryphon with head raised and wings spread, hair falling in three locks to the shoulder, tail raised; the wing with raised rims to the feathers forming cells to accept an inlay in contrasting colour; remains of tenons above and below; Phoenician style; mounted on a custom-made stand. 274 grams total, 10 cm wide including stand
Ex Florida collection, purchased from Kelekian, New York, prior to 1970. Acquired by the current owner from the above. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11971-209611.
The figure is shown with the head raised; the example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is very similar, is eating the flowers of a tiered papyrus plant. Many such plaques were manufactured in workshops at Nimrud, but some may have been plundered from the treasuries of defeated enemies. -
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Pair
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
Matched pair each with a split wire hoop, cell with beaded wire bands, hollow-formed biconvex finial. 3.18 grams, 20.5-21.8 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Achaemenid Bronze Bowl
Circa 6th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising a deep dish with slightly convex bottom and outward sloping sides. 214 grams, 16.9 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery.
