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LOT 0235
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet, Recording Distribution of Items to Named Individuals
LATE 18TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (182 grams, 10.8 cm).
Bearing an administrative text including numbers; roughly pillow-shaped; pierced.
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 0235
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet, Recording Distribution of Items to Named Individuals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Western Asiatic Silver Dress Pin
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With a short tapering body, balustered finial topped with three rounded cuboids. 13.1 grams, 85 mm
From a family collection formed in the 1970s-1980s. From the Inglismaldie Castle estate, Angus, Scotland, by descent to the current owner. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With frieze depicting central standing figure (the god Enki) in ankle-length robe holding a vase from which four jets of water flow downwards; two flanking attendants in flounced robes; panel of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.66 grams, 20 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. -
Western Asiatic and Other Terracotta Bowl and Fertility Figure Group
Circa 3000 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £520
Comprising: Mycenaean standing terracotta figure with flared base, applied arms, collar, eyes and hair; standing figure with pinched features, applied collar, dished panel above the head, black and ochre paint detailing; Mycenaean psi-shaped standing figure with splayed 'wings' applied hair to reverse, black and red painted detailing; small bowl with rounded underside. 373 grams total, 8.4 - 17.5 cm
Some collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. Property of a North London gentleman.
