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LOT 0216
Kassite Stone Cylinder Seal with 'Merciful is An-Amurru, Giver of Health' Inscription
CIRCA 1530-1200 B.C.
1 in. (7.91 grams, 26 mm).
With six columns of cuneiform inscription, reading 'Merciful is An-Amurru, giver of health -- his reverent servant, Ahushina, son of Itti-Ea-...'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s.
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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LOT 0216
Kassite Stone Cylinder Seal with 'Merciful is An-Amurru, Giver of Health' Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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Achaemenid Turquoise Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
A designer necklace composed of various beads and restrung to a Y-shape, central feature comprising a large melon and an annular bead. 11.4 grams, 33 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. 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. -
Western Asiatic Lead Female Idol
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Modelled as a stylised female figure, in two parts with hourglass waist, angular hips, pellet breasts, slender arms held across the chest, wearing a headdress and large hoop earrings with dangles, series of annulets over the body, geometric forms to the reverse composed of raised lines with pellet terminals. 5.89 grams, 61 mm
Fair condition. Rare.
Ex SM collection, London, UK; 1970-1999. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. 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 Gold and Carnelian Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £494
Comprising a graduated group of tabular carnelian beads with interstitial collars of gold granulation and some moulded glass hexagonal tabular-shaped beads; centrepiece a biconvex oval with speckled surface; restrung. 56.8 grams, 42.5 cm long
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing card. 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.
