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LOT 0243
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
CIRCA 1925-1595 B.C.
3/4 in. (3 1/4 in.) (6.00 grams, 20.85 mm (50 grams total, 84 mm high including stand)).
With a central male deity (Marduk) in a Hittite gown facing right, holding a mace, facing a supplicant goddess in formal kaunakes, her right hand extended with the waters of Ea flowing from it; crescent moon above, between the figures a pillar and a flower, before na'ga, two supplicants attend with formal dress, possibly some ancient re-cutting; accompanied by a custom-made display stand and a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Bedfordshire estate collection assembled during the early to mid 20th century.
Ex RH collection, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK.
Ex Helios Gallery antiquities, Wiltshire, UK.
Accompanied by an original Helios Gallery certificate of authenticity with stock reference no.H2934d.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter of attribution from antiquarian Phil Jones.
Cf. Briggs, B., Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, Yale University Press, 1981, p.319, 872, for use of water of Ea on Old Babylonian seals.
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LOT 0243
Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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Western Asiatic Garnet-Set Gold Ring
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £433
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From a private family collection formed in the 1970s. -
Bactrian Style Alabaster Chalice
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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Letter Tablet
Circa 20th-18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Pillow-shaped clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one edge; chipped. 101 grams, 64 mm
Specialised 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.
