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LOT 1239
Mesopotamian Stone Weight Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 1/2 in. (74 grams total, 14-38 mm).
Mainly fusiform and tubular types. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons gallery, London, UK.
Ex North London collection, 1990s.
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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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Group
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising three rings: one with an openwork hoop and raised bezel set with a glass intaglio; one with keeled hoop and lentoid bezel with incised foliate design; one with a D-section hoop supporting a raised bezel with inscription in two lines. 19 grams total, 22-26 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Aramaic Fragmentary Bronze Text Scroll
2nd-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
An unrolled sheet with impressed text in Aramaic script, mounted in a display frame. 209 grams total, 13.5 x 13 cm including case
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
