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LOT 0962
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
CIRCA 18TH-17TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (28.6 grams, 56 mm).
Bearing an incantation written by a known scribe. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceSpecialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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LOT 0962
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Western Asiatic Sintered Quartz Cylinder Seal
Neo-Assyrian Empire, 934-609 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Fusiform with hunting scene, standing figure infringed robe drawing a bow at an antelope. 8.56 grams, 35 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Mottled Agate Cylinder Seal Section with Figures
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With incised frieze of figures and a frond or tree. 7.89 grams, 21 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Large Akkadian White Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Displaying a frieze composed of human and animal figures; drilled vertically for suspension. 57 grams, 45 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
