Loading, please wait...
LOT 1283
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with King
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
1 in. (11.61 grams, 26 mm).
Tongue-shaped in profile with incuse image of a worshipping king before an altar, crescent above.
ProvenanceFrom a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Very Large Sumerian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Recording Commodities for Various Named individuals
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Rectangular in plan with rounded edges, obverse with incised grid and dense cuneiform text across about half the available surface; one corner chipped. 931 grams, 17.2 cm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman
6th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Large female head with angular nose with straight ridge, rounded cheeks and chin, large sockets for inlaid eyes with rounded depressions in the centre of the eyes, grooved eyebrows and outlines of the eyes, the tapering neck long and cylindrical, the back left roughly tooled; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.66 kg total, 31.4 cm including stand
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
This finely carved calcite-alabaster head was originally set within a stela and inscribed with the name of the deceased. Six hundred of these funerary stelae were discovered in localities like Mārib, and other examples were later found during the excavations of the Awwam temple cemetery. -
.jpg)
Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal with Two Standing Figures
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Representing a god in short mantle and round cap with upturned brim, holding a mace in his left hand, before him a goddess standing in a horned crown and kaunakes, her hands raised in supplication; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 8.96 grams, 27 mm
Ex Mr J.K. collection, USA. Acquired from the above, 1997. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12581-232131.
The seals of the First Isin Dynasty were much more varied than those just preceding the Third Dynasty of Ur. Often the chief god - probably Shamash - is standing, and the 'introducing' goddess is facing him, while the worshipper is not pictured. The seals are a mine for the understanding of the old Babylonian costume. The tunic of the female goddess here is made of tufted material that the Greeks called kaunakes, the weave of which imitated the effect of the earlier sheepskin costumes.
