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LOT 1168
Parthian Bronze Medallion with a Bearded Man
150-100 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (8.42 grams, 36 mm).
From the time Mithradates I of Parthia, discoid in plan with concentric bands of punched geometric motifs surrounding a profile male bust in low-relief; loop to reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Aramaic Pendant Seal Matrix
Mid 1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £1,600 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £850
Discoid in plan with lug to upper face and suspension loop; underside with incuse pellets to the rim surrounding a tondo with two lines of incised text. 10.77 grams, 24 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12717-233043. -
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Early Dynastic Terracotta Administrative Cuneiform Tablet Recording Livestock and their Owners
IIIb, 2400-2340 B.C.Estimate: £18,000 - 24,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
Pillow-shaped tablet with dense cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge, concerning the listing of 146 sheep and their owners or shepherds:
202 grams, 78 mmColumn I Column II Column III 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
Column IV Reverse Column V Column VI 2 Ur-…dua
6 Zagmu, herder of Mesanne
1 Urtul
3 GISH.MI, herder of Ilum-su?ni
4 Lugal-shalasu
Adda, singer?
5 Almu
2 Ur-Ezida
IGI MI ZI SI
3 Lueshla
2 Ur-… NE-RA
8 Azuzu
2 Adda, captain
1 En…du, nuesh-officiant
3 Sheshpadda, overseer
2 … ki-bi
…
…
6 E…
1 Ur…
…
1 Ur …
1 …
3 Dingir-urmu
1 Pirigni
Da…
1 Ur-Ninshaza, wife of U-u
4 Lugallu, herder of Lugalla…, majordomo
5 …igi-en …
1 Lugal-E…nisi
Column VII Column VIII Total 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?
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Its total: 146 sheep,
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Pirigni (is) kush-official.
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. -
Cypro-Phoenician Bronze Cup
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Bell-shaped in profile with carination above the foot. 144 grams, 11.2 cm
Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman, Mayfair gallery, 1990s.
