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LOT 1264
Elamite Bronze Pin with Female Figure
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (34 grams, 93 mm).
Comprising a round-section stem and transverse stub arms, splayed breasts, pinched flange face and D-shaped cap. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £702
Restrung designer necklace with elegant bead arrangement, comprising spherical white agate beads, oval banded agate beads, with later gold interstitial slender bicone beads; modern clasp. 82.5 grams, 64 cm long
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Sumerian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Akkadian, 22nd-21st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Discoid with convex faces, the top with impressed cuneiform text. 37.5 grams, 50 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
