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LOT 0998
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Clay Foundation Cone
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (105 grams, 11.1 cm).
Formed with a slight taper and a concave base; cuneiform text incised to one face; top chipped in antiquity. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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LOT 0998
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Clay Foundation Cone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Composed of restrung squarish lapis beads, small carnelian rounds and oblates and some glass and other bead types. 60 grams, 66 cm long
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Holy Land Trans Jordanian Ceramic Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Broad bell-shaped body with slightly everted rim, band of impressed points below the rim; cracked. 1.4 kg, 24 cm wide
From an important specialist collection formed in London, UK, before 1988. -
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Of various types including: a large coin-shaped bead; facetted beads; tear-shaped bead; amorphous beads and others. 76 grams total, 9-66 mm
Ex Robin Symes Gallery, pre 1999.