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LOT 0212
Large Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with a List of Professional Titles
MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (881 grams, 16.5 cm).
The titles written on one face; some remaining text to reverse; a school list of Sumerian proper names that begins with lugal 'King', Sumerian names being generally small phrases. Among the names in this list = lugal-nir-gal2 'The King is Noble'; lugal-gal-zu 'The King is Wise' and; such can also be abbreviated as lugal-abzu 'The King, (in/from) the Abzu(X}' the Abzu is the home of the god Enki(X); repaired.
ProvenanceSpecialised 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.
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LOT 0212
Large Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with a List of Professional Titles
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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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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Khorasan Blue Glazed Jar with Decoration
12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Composed of a globular body with broad ribbed neck and shallow foot, the body painted with vertical dashes and scrolling forms, some restoration; rim and shoulder chipped. 366 grams, 15.2 cm high
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe
Circa 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a wedge-shaped blade and piriform handle. 156 grams, 17.7 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery.
These blades were fitted directly to the handle or via a sheath. Flat axes, whose axis is parallel to that of the handle, often had a rounded edge like in our specimen, or a flared and bevelled edge, while flat adzes have an axis perpendicular to that of the handle and a bevel edge on one side only. Their shape comes directly from the lithic axes of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.
