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LOT 1032
Luristan Pin with Mouflon Terminal
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
8 7/8 in. (56 grams, 22.5 cm).
A copper-alloy pin with a round-section stem, finial formed as a stylised mouflon modelled in the round. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Cuneiform Accounting Tablet Listing a Distribution to a Series of Babylonian Soldiers
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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.
