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LOT 1518
Mitanni Faience Cylinder Seal with Man and Beast
CIRCA 1400 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.6 grams, 21 mm).
Cylindrical seal with a standing, robed figure wearing a headdress, before him a standing ibex with curved horns, facing back; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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Western Asiatic Polished Bronze Bowl
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Shallow body with rounded base and carinated rim. 312 grams, 15 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Coral-Coloured Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising mainly oblate beads, restrung. 144 grams, 42 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Bronze Socketted Axehead
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising a tubular socket and a slender triangular blade. 320 grams, 11.7 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Similar axe is represented in hands of Akkadian warriors on the Stele of Victory of Naram-Sim, at the Louvre, dated at 23rd century B.C. It was a typology used by Sumerian and Akkadian warriors.
