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LOT 0262
Neo-Babylonian Haematite Duck Weight Collection
CIRCA 700-600 B.C.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (24.61 grams total, 14-22 mm).
A set graduating in size, each modelled in the round and polished. [5]
ProvenanceGorny and Mosch, Munich, 12 December 2006, no.209 (Part).
Private collection, England.
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LOT 0262
Neo-Babylonian Haematite Duck Weight Collection
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Pale Stone Bead Necklace String
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West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadrate Cross
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 51x51x16 mm. This is round with zig-zag outer edge, flat face and flat back in the centre of which is a loop handle on inverted U-shape. the design, which is both compartmented and open-work, consists of a quadrate cross within an outer band which as loops on its inner side, and the zig-zag on its outer side. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is covered with incrustation, which could be removed. The metal appears to be in good condition.' 68.2 grams, 52 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. -
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Mesopotamian Stamp Seal with Ibex
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Of conical shape pierced longitudinally, underside with a reclining ibex. 9.69 grams, 25 mm
Private collection, Europe.
