Loading, please wait...
LOT 1829
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (22 grams, 71 mm).
Surface fragment with three separate columns of cuneiform text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 1829
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
-
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pillow-shaped tablet with cuneiform text on both sides, repaired. 127 grams, 78 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. -
Neo-Babylonian Stone Frog Amulet with Man Plucking a Fruit from a Tree
750-332 B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to the underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree. 3.28 grams, 18 mm
Old private French collection. Anonymous sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015. Private European collection, acquired in 2015. -
Western Asiatic Alabaster Jar
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Conical in profile with rounded rim to the mouth, discoid foot. 835 grams, 13 cm wide
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
