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LOT 1340
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Issued by the Temple at Drehem and Sohka
CIRCA 1200 B.C.
1 in. (10.4 grams, 28 mm).
Pillow-shaped terracotta tablet with impressed cuneiform text to both broad faces and two edges.
ProvenanceAcquired from Alister Matthews in 1958, from catalogue number 53, item 702 (6).
From the private collection of the late Dr J.D.H. Widdness, Dublin, Ireland.
Accompanied by an original Alister Matthews catalogue cutting from 1958.
Accompanied by an old original typed cataloguing slip probably from the late 1950s.
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LOT 1340
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Issued by the Temple at Drehem and Sohka
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Central Asian Stamp Seal Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Including discoid and rosette types with spokes, cells and other ornament. 106 grams total, 39-56 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Large Bactrian Copper Stamp Seal with Standing Figure
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Discoid in plan with U-shaped handle, the obverse divided into cells forming an image of a standing figure within a meandering border. 102 grams, 74 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Phoenician Bronze Seated Figure Holding an Offering Cup
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Modelled in the round with tight-fitting robe and carefully detailed tiered hairstyle; right hand raised to support a chalice; peg beneath the feet; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 301 grams total, 11 cm including stand
Acquired on the French art market. 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.
Iberian statuettes from 6th century B.C. were produced under the influence of Greeks and Phoenicians. Small votive offerings of priests, priestesses, and deities in bronze, were found everywhere in Spain. The body of these figurines is often reduced to a rectangular plaque, but the head, as in all these types, is of plastic work, a process which reminds the prehistoric terracottas from the Argive Heraeum and elsewhere. The curve of the nose, which gives the face a Semitic appearance, is not accidental, and underlines the Phoenician influence.
