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LOT 0961
Margiana Bronze Ceremonial Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/4 in. (180 grams, 13.3 cm).
Featuring a lentoid-section head with rounded cutting edge and four tapering prongs, the lower edge with a scooped profile.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Amlash Terracotta Flagon
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Opening Bid: £75
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Opening Bid: £600
Written in dense rows over one face of the tablet; a single line of text continued onto the reverse. 150 grams, 80 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.
