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LOT 1133
Bactrian Stamp Seal Collection with Standing Ibex
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (9.27 grams, 24 mm).
Comprising a domed body, underside with engraved horned animal among foliage; pierced longitudinally; accompanied with slip reading 'Bertolami Fine Arts: Oxus, sigillo in giadeite con stambecco, BFA, E74, Lot 373'.
Provenancewith Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction E74, no.373.
Private collection, Europe.
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Opening Bid: £1,250
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Western Asiatic Twisted Silver Bracelet Pair
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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.
