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LOT 1253
Luristan Bronze Idol Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (13.5 grams total, 32-35 mm).
Comprising standing figure with raised hands touching head; flat rectangular body with tapering lower section and globular stylised head finial. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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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Bronze Age Decorated Terracotta Jar
Trans-Jordan, circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Biconvex globular body with broad neck, flared rim, two ledge handles to the equator. 1.22 kg, 24.5 cm
From an important collection of pottery formed prior to 1988, London and Geneva. 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. -
Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet Listing Goods Including 10 Shekels of Silver
Akkadian Period, circa 2300-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with one segmented surface; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay tablet, 53x57 mm, with 16 Lines of Sumerian Cuneiform. There are two columns of writing on the obverse only, the second not quite complete. The script dates the tablet to the Akkadian period, c.2300-2200 B.C. There is a chip off the lower edge, but all the writing is in perfect state of preservation. The text is a scholarly list of words and phrases such as scribed writing ur legal and commercial documents might use. Not everything has been understood so far, but some things are perfectly clear: A pot of lard; Bronze; x* of a mina of copper * apparently a fraction; Female kid; Male kid; Its silver 10 shekels; Bed of oak? Scholarly tablets of this kind are extremely rare for the Old Akkadian period. They are part of the scholarly list tradition which is a prominent feature of this civilization.' 68 grams, 58 mm
Ex private collection of Mr S H; thence by descent,1980-1990. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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. -
Graeco-Persian Bronze Bowl
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Broad with a slightly everted rim. 389 grams, 21.3 cm wide
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000. 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.
