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LOT 0965
Large Mesopotamian Limestone Cylinder Seal with Animals
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (53.5 grams, 45 mm).
Bearing an incuse frieze comprising an ibex standing before two advancing figures, the rear-most with a sword and frond behind, a pair of facing lions to the background; drilled vertically through the centre for suspension; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s-1990s.
Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1.
Property of a North West London gentleman.
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LOT 0965
Large Mesopotamian Limestone Cylinder Seal with Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Uruk Pictographic Economic Clay Tablet Relating to Cattle
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Bearing pictographs to the two principal faces; of pillow-shaped form. 112 grams, 89 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. 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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.201149.
The purpose of these items is not known for sure but the combination of pictograms and impressed points has led to the suggestion that they were used for tallying quantities of various commodities. -
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Western Asiatic Gold and Carnelian Bead Necklace
2nd millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Composed of restrung graduated lozengiform, spherical and piriform carnelian beads and smaller spherical and biconical gold beads between; modern hook-and-eye clasp. 42.7 grams, 41 cm long
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising a tinned and gently carinated bowl with inverted rim; bracelet with raised rib to the expanded bezel and coiled arms; tinned piriform jar or vase; a cup with D-section medial band, integral foot and collector's identification label to base; spool-shaped fitting with decorative notching; bowl with foot and everted rim, symbol to interior base; bowl with lotiform base and broad everted rim; bowl with scalloped rim. 1.6 kg total, 4.3-17 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
