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LOT 0236
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Group with Administrative Tablet and a King Šu-Sin Tax Text
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (77 grams total, 44-45 mm).
Group of two pillow-shaped ceramic tablets both with cuneiform text to one broad face, one edge and part of the reverse, one an Ur III text from the reign of Šu-Sin related to a tax of the Ur kingdom. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
European private collection.
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LOT 0236
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Group with Administrative Tablet and a King Šu-Sin Tax Text
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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Mesopotamian Alabaster Lenticular Necklace Bead Group
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a quantity of disc-shaped beads, each pierced for stringing. 53 grams total, 3-10 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
While slaves and the poorest people wore simple, functional clothes, the wealthiest classes of Mesopotamia could afford beautifully made jewellery. The royal tombs from Sumeria dating from around 2500 B.C. included an abundance of beaded necklaces, rings, bracelets for the wrist and ankles, stickpins, and other jewellery, made of gold and silver set with decorative gemstones such as deep blue lapis lazuli, red carnelian, white alabaster, and sparkling crystals. In the Lugale-Mythos the Alabaster is personified like a hero: ‘(And) the hero Alabaster, these heroes plundered the cities for him (= Asag)’. The hematite and the limestone/alabaster, two stones with a light and dark base colour, were used as aids in a divinatory ritual in which they were probably connected with the favourable and unfavourable answers to oracle inquiries. -
Nabataean Terracotta Bowl with Internal Floral Decoration
Circa 3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Squat bowl of carinated profile with basal ring; burnished inner face with painted design of leaves and tendrils. 82 grams, 10.5 cm diameter
From an important collection of Nabataean pottery formed before 1988. -
Achaemenid Silver Feline Brooch Pair
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £325
Each composed of a plano-convex bow, balustered arms with one knop-style head and one curved catchplate, round-section pin with coiled wire collar, bow decorated with the addorsed forequarters of two felines with stylised markings and facial features. 22.3 grams total, 30 mm each
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
