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LOT 0932
Neo Babylonian Bifacial Quartz Stamp Seal
CIRCA MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (9.36 grams, 23 mm).
Rectangular-section tongue-shaped seal with suspension holes; to the underside, an incuse engraved scene of a standing figure in floor-length robe beside a grid or hurdle with trefoil finial; to one broad face, a similar figure in a fringed garment with one hand raised; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx West Country collection before 1992.
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.
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Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With frieze depicting a a seated figure holding a vessel in one extended hand, a star, a leaping dog, a nude female facing, two advancing attendants; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.57 grams, 10 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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. -
Judaeo-Phoenician Stone Weight Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising: two biconical weights, one in haematite, the other in grey stone; a haematite weight composed of two adjoining biconical bodies. 12.7 grams total, 19-33 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Stone Jewellery Mould
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Used for making a striated domed mount with a crescent-shaped finial; locating holes to each side of the dome. 28.8 grams, 37 mm
From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
