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LOT 1328
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (24.1 grams, 37 mm).
Small rectangular tablet with impressed text on four sides. [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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LOT 1328
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising fifteen tanged arrowheads, mostly barbed types. 278 grams total, 7.2-19.3 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Bactrian Terracotta Vessel Stand
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
With flange rim, flared base, stem with collars, and some painted decoration to the rim and neck. 1.67 kg, 21.5 cm high
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: frieze of standing figure and winged opponent, cracked and repaired; frieze with faravahar above a hearth, standing figures, top partly absent; linear representation of oxen in a field with band of concentric lozenges (river?); advancing ibexes with ladder motif above; bilinear zigzags with interstitial bosses; four supplied with a museum-quality impression. 46.7 grams total, 18-37 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.