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LOT 0205
Neo Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Hadada, son of Lugal...na Inscription
CIRCA 2200-2100 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (12.6 grams, 28 mm).
With frieze depicting two standing robed figures facing a seated figure in flounced robe, objects in the field; two columns of cuneiform text, reading 'Hadada, son of Lugal...na'; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0205
Neo Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Hadada, son of Lugal...na Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
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20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Composed of small biconvex beads; restrung. 15.82 grams, 46 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Blade
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With a short tang and long blade with swept shoulders, raised midrib. 454 grams, 52.2 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In the last ninety years, many such tanged blades have been considered coming from production centres of North-West Iran, like Amlash and Marlik, where similar specimens were found. Without context an accurate dating is impossible, but the shape recalls the rapiers of Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With ribbed columnar shank and pierced lug above, underside with regardant beast; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.6 grams, 25 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
