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LOT 0212
Judaean Gem with Lion and Hebrew Inscription
CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.05 grams, 20 mm).
Plano-convex glass seal imitating lapis lazuli with incuse leaping lion on a baseline with legend below, unpierced.
ProvenanceFrom the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
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Western Asiatic Carved Basalt Mortar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With slightly flared base and rim, raised horizontal ridge to the outer face. 2.93 kg, 13.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Judaean Gem with Lion and Hebrew Inscription
Circa 7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Plano-convex glass seal imitating lapis lazuli with incuse leaping lion on a baseline with legend below, unpierced. 5.05 grams, 20 mm
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s. -
Sumerian Lipit-Ishtar King of Isin Cuneiform Foundation Cone
1936-1926 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
From the House of Justice at Isin; inscribed with columns of cuneiform text: I, (the divine) Lipit-Eštar, humble shepherd of (the city of) Nippur, faithful farmer of (the city of) Ur, tireless worker for (the city of) Eridu, perfect Lord for (the city of) Uruk, King of (the city of) Isin, King of Sumer and Akkad, who pleases (the goddess) Innana, on the day I established justice in Sumer and Akkad, I built the temple of justice at the Reservoir, the great space of the gods; and bearing inked collection number: 'BEC.2 00015024' to base. 158 grams, 11.3 cm
Previously from the estate of a West Sussex, UK, collector. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12314-215541.
Votive cones are one type of royal foundation deposit, objects that were buried in the walls and beneath the floors of important buildings during construction to sanctify the site and to create a historical memory of the ruler and his achievements. Lipit-Ishtar was the fifth king of the Dynasty of Isin, which was founded after the collapse of the Third Dynasty of Ur. He is famous as having published a series of laws in the Sumerian language anticipating the code of Hammurabi by more than a century.
