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LOT 0276
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet For an Interest Free Loan From the Moon God Nanna
1834-1823 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (55 grams, 47 mm).
A pillow-shaped tablet, with cuneiform text to the broad faces and an edge, reading:
'12 shekels of interest-free silver, from (the moon-god) Nanna, debt of Bitanum.
Before Qišti-Enlil
Before Dadiya
Before Sîn-šemi
In the month of Innana, the 5th.
The year (the king) built the temple of Ninug... inside (the city of) Maškan-šapir.'
Ex private collection.
with Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 21 October 1999, no.260 (Part).
Private central European collection.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12244-219769.
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LOT 0276
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet For an Interest Free Loan From the Moon God Nanna
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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Sumerian Black Stone Face Amulet
Uruk/Jemdet Nasr Period, circa 3500-2900 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £390
Carved in the half-round with large eyes and ears; drilled depression above the head and beneath the chin. 4.6 grams, 19 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. Accompanied by a description from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Each a small barbed-and-tanged type with thick midrib. 120 grams total, 30-69 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Assyrian Stone Bust of the Demon Pazuzu
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Carved in the round bust with heavily hatched brow and cheeks, D-shaped eyes, snubbed feline nose, ellipsoid mouth gaping with teeth exposed, segmented panel to chest. 47 grams, 37 mm
European art market, 1997. Acquired by the present owner from the above. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12596-232196.
Pazuzu, in the old Mesopotamian mythology, is described as ‘the son of Hanbu and king of wind demons’. Amulets with images of his full body or, more often, just his head, were common in the early first millennium B.C. Pazuzu was most popular in the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, from about the late 8th century B.C. through the 6th century B.C.
