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LOT 0213
Large Akkadian White Stone Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (57 grams, 45 mm).
Displaying a frieze composed of human and animal figures; drilled vertically for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
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.
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Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Figures
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
With frieze of standing figures, fronds, vases, scrolls, birds and other items. 2.13 grams, 15 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.030. London collection, 2016. -
Elamite Haematite Cylinder Seal with the God Shatwak
Sukkalmah Period, circa 1970-1770 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Drilled vertically for suspension; engraved columns of cuneiform text alternating with human and animal figures; with the name of the owner followed by the standard pious statement 'servant of God X', the father's name of the seal owner is omitted: Shurpakir(?) servant of (the god) Shatwak. 5.91 grams, 21 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
The deity Shatwak is only otherwise known only as an element in one personal name in a tablet from Susa and in the 'servant of' phrase on a seal impression on tablets from Ur. -
Assyrian Bronze Arm and Hand Type Brooch
Circa 7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
The bow decorated with circumferential grooves, one arm ending with the partially preserved wire coil; the catchplate in the form of a hand engraved with an X; accompanied by a display frame with information ticket. 186 grams total, 10 x 10.3 cm including frame
Ex Robin Symes Gallery, London, UK, 1990s. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Fibulae with triangular bows (type 3 of Curtis classification) were the most common in Assyria. At least 66 bronze examples have been found at Nimrud, 32 in the graves and tombs at Ashur, 14 at Kouyunjik (some of them represented only by fragments), three at Nebbi Yunus, six at Khorsabad, three at Sharif Khan, all fragmentary, and single examples at Tell Billa and Tell al Rimah.
