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LOT 0819
Paleo-Akkadian Cuneiform Tablet Relating to Barley from Lugalnitazi
CIRCA 2300 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (20.1 grams, 36 mm wide).
A broadly pillow-shaped clay tablet bearing cuneiform text to one face, a Paleo-Akkadian receipt (from Adab?): barley from Lugalnitazi received by the men of the kitchens.
ProvenanceSpecialised 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.
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LOT 0819
Paleo-Akkadian Cuneiform Tablet Relating to Barley from Lugalnitazi
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Western Asiatic Painted Spouted Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Luristan Horse-Bit with Geometric Design
13th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
A copper-alloy horse bit composed of a round-section bar with coiled ends and two free-moving openwork geometric cheek pieces. 605 grams, 20 cm
UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Islamic Marble Sundial Made By Sheikh Abol Hassan Mansor Saif
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
A rare rectangular marble shadow clock or sundial with three chamfered edges, scrolls and foliate tendrils framing panels of Kufic script to the sides reading, to the left 'Mohammed is his messenger of God' and to the right 'There is no God but Allah'; also inscribed with the maker's name to the front: Sheikh Abol Hassan Mansor Saif; with a sun dial to the upper face framed by a rope border; copper-alloy spike to the upper face to accept the gnomon. 64.7 kg, 71 cm wide
From an important Paris gallery, France. with Antiquite Brocante Chateau, Vente Encher, 6 March 2009. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13022-199340.
