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LOT 1251
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal for (the god) Ea and (the goddess) Dangalnuna
CIRCA 1894-1595 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (9.18 grams, 28 mm).
With large central hole, incised frieze of a standing nude hero facing and a figure in tiered floor-length garment, two columns of cuneiform text to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.033.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 111, for type.
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LOT 1251
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal for (the god) Ea and (the goddess) Dangalnuna
Sold for (Inc. bp): £540
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Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet
Circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Pillow-shaped and bearing ten horizontal lines of cuneiform text to the principal face with one vertical line to the side. 60 grams, 58 mm
Acquired before 1990s/early 2000s. From the family collection of Jack Lyttle (1944-2023), Kilmacolm, Scotland; thence by descent to his granddaughter. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenician Silver Inscribed Seal Matrix
Circa 8th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With inscription in Phoenician script [mem 'alep sin nun ayin nun samek = water, ox head, teeth, fish, eye, fish, tower]. 6.4 grams, 16 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva. -
Uruk Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Featuring three vertical grooves separating the seal into three separate panels, each drilled with a female figure seated beside pots; drilled vertically for suspension. 15.7 grams, 22 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.
