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LOT 1013
Holy Land Dipper Cup
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (145 grams, 10.2 cm).
A round bottomed Bronze Age cup with strap handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Decorated Jar
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A bulbous ceramic jar with short neck, chamfered rim and discoid foot, painted frieze of geometric motifs around the body and shoulder. 851 grams, 17.5 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group Including an Expense for a Sacrifice
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A pair of ceramic tablet fragments, fragment A: a text of accounting of Ur III (mention of an expense for a sacrifice), fragment B: uncertain. 15.6 grams total, 29-31 mm
Acquired before 1988. Ex family collection. -
Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Food Distribution
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £203
A fragment of a pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with neatly impressed columns of cuneiform text, accounting of Ur III food distribution, representing wages. 82 grams, 67 mm
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman.
