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LOT 1174
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 7/8 - 2 3/8 in. (93.8 grams total, 48-61 mm).
Group of two pillow-shaped clay tablets each with cuneiform text to one broad face; repaired. [2, 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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LOT 1174
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Holy Land Terracotta Juglet
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Of oblate profile with trumpet-shaped mouth, bifid strap handle to the rera. 332 grams, 13.5 cm
From an important collection of terracotta pre 1988, London and Geneva. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Spindle Whorl Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including plano-onvex, oblate and other types. 113 grams total, 29-55 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Mesopotamian Shell Bead Necklace
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a restrung group of discoid beads. 111 grams, 60 cm long
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.