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LOT 0248
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Contract Tablet for the Purchase of Land with Silver During the Reign of King Manabaltiel of Kisurra
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (180 grams, 96 mm).
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with impressed cuneiform inscriptions, listing the purchase of a parcel of land for 1/3 of a mina of silver, a purchase that cannot be contested, with a list of witnesses; wrapped and enclosed in a clay envelope with cuneiform text to both flat faces.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s.
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 0248
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Contract Tablet for the Purchase of Land with Silver During the Reign of King Manabaltiel of Kisurra
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Jar
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Globular in profile with broad flared mouth and chamfered rim. 4.25 kg, 31 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. -
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Fire Altar with Protecting Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Comprising a rectangular base with couchant juvenile lions or lionesses flanking a square-section tower with incised and impressed slash ornament, square window to each broad face, five projections to the upper face supporting a squat bowl with everted rim; repaired. 2.3 kg, 29 cm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. 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. -
Miniature Book with Quranic Prayers
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Leather-bound with handwritten texts in black and red ink, first and last pages decorated. 16.24 grams, 35 mm
Acquired in the 1970s. Private collection, London, UK. 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.
