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LOT 1299
Mesopotamian Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal with Animals
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.25 grams, 18 mm).
With frieze in two registers: above, mainly running felines; below, addorsed pairs of gryphons sitting and bovines resting, solar disc above; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, by family descent before 1988.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Tabular in form with short cuneiform text to one face. 57 grams, 54 mm
Specialised 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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Adze-Axe
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
The cylindrical socket displaying three raised dot-in-ring motifs running vertically to both faces, crescentic adze-head to one side, axehead to the other with channel to upper face and slightly flared blade. 621 grams, 16.5 cm
Ex-Architect Moshe Kaufman collection, Tel Aviv. -
Paper Qu'ran Page
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With thirteen lines of Naskh script text to each side, red interlinear diacritics, rosettes, and a header bar; reinforced at one edge. 5.94 grams, 21 x 34.5 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
