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LOT 1010
Babylonian Wheat Weight Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 7/8 in. (113 grams total, 17-48 mm).
A mixed group of four stone wheat weights, comprising: one large, roughly biconical haematite example with one flat face; a pebble-shaped haematite weight with one flat face; a slender, haematite weight with flattened ends and one flat face; a smaller roughly biconical haematite example with one flattened face and flattened ends. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s-1990s.
H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
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Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
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Opening Bid: £450
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From an important family collection. 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. -
Nabataean Feeder Jar
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From an important collection of Holy Land pottery formed pre 1988, thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Gilt Silver RepoussÉ Mount with Lion Attacking an Antelope
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
A domed silver-gilt mount displaying a repoussé scene composed of a lion attacking an antelope; remains of attachment lugs to reverse. 17.2 grams, 44 mm
Essex gallery, early 2000s.
