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LOT 0825
Neo-Assyrian Black Jasper Cylinder Seal with Cultic Banquet Scene
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (9.12 grams, 32 mm).
Engraved with a cultic banquet scene, composed of two figures standing facing, a jar on a table between them, standards to their left and right, crescent moon and star in the field above; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2000s.
Important collection of a London gentleman.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1985.357.46, for similar.
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LOT 0825
Neo-Assyrian Black Jasper Cylinder Seal with Cultic Banquet Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar The Great Brick Section with Cuneiform Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Rectangular mud-brick with 14 lines of impressed cuneiform text within a reserved border; supposed reference to 'Nabû-kudurri-uṣur' (Nebuchadnezzar); mounted in a custom-made display frame. 1.2 kg total, 27 x 20 cm
Ex B.A. family collection, Kent, pre 1990s. E.P. collection, Cambridge,1990s-2000’s. Latterly to the J.L. collection, Surrey, UK.
Nebuchadnezzar, known as 'the Great', was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 B.C. to his own death in 562 B.C. He is often regarded as the empire's greatest ruler due to his military victories and his renovations at Babylon.
