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LOT 1218

Ottoman Qu'ran Painted Gilt Miniature Leaf Pair

20TH CENTURY A.D.

13 3/4 x 10 in. (37 grams total, 35 x 25.5 cm each).

Each a rectangular leaf with inked frame enclosing blue and liquid gold calligraphic text; outside the frame, two decorative discs with text to the centre, radiating spikes and spurs to the rim. [2, No Reserve]

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Private collection, UK.

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LOT 1218

Ottoman Qu'ran Painted Gilt Miniature Leaf Pair

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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5 sheep, Pirigni, Kor 2? 6 male sheep, Ur-ur of Umma 3 sheep, Zag-mu, ki ni mu zu 5 sheep, x x-gi 4 male sheep …	Ur-Ishkur, herder of Abdu 4 sheep, Urgu (of) E-RU 2 … , herder IL, scribe 3 Gimni, herder chief galla-official 5 male sheep, Ur-lu, .. 2 sheep Lu-ra, herder…	…, herder 2 male sheep, Akadu, son of Lugal-sanga 2 Shesh-zimu 3 Zagmu, Akadu 2 Ekalsi 1 Gimdu, son of Ekal 2 Mashda 1 … Guzi… 2 …kam … NA
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4 E-gish MI bi?, .., farmer 1 Ur-dingir, …si-TExESZ3 1 … 1 Lugal-nuduga 1 Aba-Enlil 1 Lugal … 2 Urmes 1 Urdam 1 Akadu, Adda… 1 U-u, … Umunene	2 … -niE-u? (space)	Its total: 146 sheep, … Pirigni (is) kush-official.

202 grams, 78 mm

with Laemmle Gallery, San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, USA. Acquired from the above in the early 1970s. with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.133. Private central European collection. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. Accompanied by a copy of the translation for this tablet. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12121-218147.

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