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LOT 0902
Holy Land Tall Terracotta Jug
IRON AGE, LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 1/2 in. (500 grams, 22 cm including stand).
With bulbous body and tall neck, everted rim to the mouth, single strap handle to the rear; supplied with display stand.
ProvenanceAcquired in London, UK, in the early 2000s.
Private collection, Harwich, Essex, UK.
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LOT 0902
Holy Land Tall Terracotta Jug
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £3,500
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Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace
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Restrung; composed of small pale stone or shell smoothed cylinder beads of various shades and types. 12.1 grams, 66 cm long
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Sumerian Terracotta 'Bulla Envelope' with Impressed Decoration
Uruk Period, circa 5500-3100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
Complete and of spherical form, containing clay 'tokens'; the outer face impressed with enigmatic motifs. 190 grams, 64 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. Accompanied by a copy of two previous illustrated and typed catalogue pages.
The tokens sealed within the bulla are believed to have been used as part of the accounting process in Sumerian or early Uruk agriculture.
