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LOT 0956
Neo-Babylonian Duck Weight
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (33 grams, 42 mm wide).
A polished haematite duck weight, the animal modelled with its head resting along its back.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s-1990s.
H.N.collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
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Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group Including an Expense for a Sacrifice
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Opening Bid: £56
A gold pendant with openwork domed filigree cell set with a capsule-shaped banded carnelian stone bead, ribbed collar and openwork bulb above for suspension. 1.42 grams, 23 mm
Fine condition.
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Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with an Inventory of Fields
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A ceramic tablet fragment bearing cuneiform text to one face, an inventory of fields with their surface measurements, dating to the Third Dynasty of Ur. 22 grams, 45 mm
Acquired in the 1980s. From the collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
