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LOT 0255
Neo-Elamite Silver Hinged Bracelet Pair
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (188 grams total, 74 mm each).
Each comprising a round-section penannular body with alternating raised ribs and beaded bands, block terminals with hinged C-section closure. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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With convex underside and shallow recessed centre to the upper face, pouring lip to edge; mounted on a display base. 1.7 kg, 16.5 cm
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Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended towards a supplicant in floor-length garment offering a bird in both hands towards the first figure; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment behind the supplicant. 15 grams, 26.6 mm
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About half the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text. -
Luristan Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt with Crescent Pommel
14th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
A short sword or dagger with slender triangular blade, low round midrib with flat upper face, annular guard and remains of scooped shoulders, columnar grip with open sides to receive bone or wooden hilt, crescent pommel. 322 grams, 44 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
These kind of bronze daggers or dirks, typical of Marlik culture, were cast in a one piece mould according to Negahban, although in some specimens the penannular guard was cast later into the blade. The separate sets of encircling ribs on the grips are again typical of swords from the Marlik area.
