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LOT 0201
Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (4.32 grams, 17 mm).
Haematite with frieze depicting a male and female figure surrounded by birds and mythical beasts beside a single male.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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LOT 0201
Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Luristan Terracotta Jug with Animal-Headed Handle
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With bulbous body and tall tubular neck, slightly flared rim to the mouth, single strap handle with zoomorphic thumb-pad. 990 grams, 24.5 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1980s. From a UK private collection. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group
Mainly 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: a seal matrix with annulets; a looped stamp seal with geometric motifs; a looped stamp seal with a stylised bird; a pendant set with facetted carnelian bead; a tongue-shaped pendant with foliate decoration; a looped mount with discoid terminals. 72 grams total, 26-41 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Issued by the Temple at Drehem and Sohka
Circa 1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Pillow-shaped terracotta tablet with impressed cuneiform text to both broad faces and two edges. 10.4 grams, 28 mm
Acquired from Alister Matthews in 1958, from catalogue number 53, item 702 (6). From the private collection of the late Dr J.D.H. Widdness, Dublin, Ireland. Accompanied by an original Alister Matthews catalogue cutting from 1958. Accompanied by an old original typed cataloguing slip probably from the late 1950s.
