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LOT 0207
Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Scorpion and Bird
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.32 grams, 17 mm).
With pointillé design of two birds one above the other, a scorpion and a tulip.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 181, for type.
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LOT 0207
Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal with Scorpion and Bird
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tubular in form with lightly-incised rectilinear images and text. 4.78 grams, 20 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Beads with Engraved Animals
20th century or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two roughly spherical beads carved from a milky stone, both possibly engraved later, a frieze of animal and mythical figures, together with a single, apparently human, figure. 22.1 grams total, 20-22 mm
Collected since the 1970s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017. -
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Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
19th-16th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Haematite with a standing naked female facing frontally, a male worshipper wearing long robes and cap, hands raised in prayer, facing a male figure wearing sash and kilt, round cap on head and dagger tied to waist; rectangular panel with three columns of cuneiform text. 7.6 grams, 19 mm
From the Rihani family collection, formed 1970-1980s. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
