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LOT 0924
Holy Land Terracotta Jug
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (518 grams, 16.5 cm high).
A bulbous terracotta jug with flared neck and integral round-section handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Cassite Silver Cylinder Seal Pair
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
A pair of hollow-formed silver cylinder seals comprising: the smaller with frieze of tall slender figures flanking an ankh symbol; the larger with facetted outer face featuring a standing female with raised arm, plaited hair and hatched skirt, a standing male with dagger(?), three panels of cuneiform text; the smaller seal able to fit within the larger. 7.53 grams, 22 mm
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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11639-199231. -
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. -
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A stone stamp seal of truncated conical form, possibly chlorite or serpentine, with incise standing human-headed eagle to base, incused hatched lines in four directions to the top face; drilled for suspension. 8.4 grams, 22 mm
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