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LOT 1043
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 7/8 in. (70 grams total, 27-47 mm).
Each bearing cuneiform text to one or multiple faces. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceSpecialised 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.
This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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Western Asiatic Science of Astronomy and Mathematics Manuscript Page Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Group of twelve leaves from a scientific treatise written in blocks of twenty-one lines of black ink Naskh script with occasional red insertions and highlighting; text figures in red ink; tabulation grids and zodiacal figures in red with black numerals and marginal calculations in blue; probably from North Africa. 60 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Alabaster Cylinder Seal
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With incised design of interlaced parallel bands. 506 grams, 33 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.071. London collection, 2016. -
Large Western Asiatic Alabaster Cylinder Seal with Procession
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With frieze of advancing figures. 26.3 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection number 063. London collection, 2016.
