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LOT 0280
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet For the Sale of a Palm Grove during the Reign of Nur-Adad King of Larsa
1865-1850 B.C.
2 1/4 in. (52 grams, 56 mm).
A pillow-shaped tablet, with cuneiform text on the broad faces and an edge, reading:
'50 sar of orchard, planted with palm trees, next to Kunia, next to Amurutu, on the first small side:
Rabutum. Sîn-pilah bought from Huzalum. He paid him its full price of 1/3 silver mine. He swore in the
name of Nur-Adad the king that no one would constest in the future.
In front of Itišumum
In front of Sinennam
Before Sugalum
Before Kurušum
Before Awīl-Amurrim the scribe
In the month of šabatu, the year Nur-Adad (offered) a throne of justice (?) ...'
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 0280
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet For the Sale of a Palm Grove during the Reign of Nur-Adad King of Larsa
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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Western Asiatic Banded Alabaster Bowl
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Squat in profile with carination below the flared rim. 250 grams, 12.3 cm wide
Private collection, UK. -
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Syrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Animals
Circa 1700-1600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With lions and horned animals between scrolls, accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Description of Cylinder Seal of Hematite, 22 x 13 mm. Main scene: two lions facing, on their haunches, upended quadruped with big ears between them; above and below elegant guilloche. Minor scene: two facing quadrupeds with big ears, bush between, below them a guilloche, below that a prancing horned animal and two fillers. Horizontal rules mark off each part of the design. Syrian, c. 1700-1600 B.C., somewhat worn, but the cutting of hight quality.'; accompanied by a museum quality impression and a pair of red stone beads. 8.98 grams, 22 mm
Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal with Bull
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Formed as a standing horned quadruple facing right, with segmented face; loop handle to the reverse. 22 grams, 42 mm wide
From a European private collection, acquired before 1993. Private collection, Europe.
