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LOT 1219
Mesopotamian Cream Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (417 grams, 96 mm).
With slightly carinated equator to the globular body and tubular shaft. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.
LiteratureSee Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXX, no.47, mace of a deity, detail of the image on the “Stela of Kites” Eanatuma, Ngirsu, mid-3rd millennium B.C.
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Anonymous French sale. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic White and Beige Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mixed group of beads in alternating sizes, restrung to a Y-shape. 14.49 grams, 32 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.
