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LOT 1298
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (66 grams, 56 mm).
Pillow-shaped in form with cuneiform text in dense rows to both faces and one edge; partly absent. [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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Chalcedony Stone Pillow with Kufic Inscription
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Pillow-shaped polished block with six lines of elegant Kufic script, embellished in black. 32 grams, 37 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Sassanian Stamp Seal with Ibex
5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With intaglio profile image of an ibex standing with forelegs bent; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.9 grams, 13 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Pendant with Cross
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Ellipsoid loop developing to a short shank, biconvex bulb with eight vents and four stub arms, short shank below and lentoid loop with stub arms; possibly a liturgical thurible censer. 31 grams, 75 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.
