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LOT 1286
Phoenician Bronze Fish Pendant
CIRCA 1200-300 B.C.
2 3/4 in. (27.2 grams, 71 mm).
Modelled in the round with impressed herringbone and lozengiform scale detailing; suspension ring at the mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Large Bactrian Banded Agate Bead Collection
Circa 1st millennium B.C.-early 1st millennium A.D. or laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Mixed group of fusiformed beads. 254 grams total, 28-45 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, England. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet For an Interest Free Loan From the Moon God Nanna
1834-1823 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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.' 55 grams, 47 mm
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. -
Stone Artefact Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Including: composition crouching figure, lapis lazuli cabochon in setting, columnar stamp seal and other items. 31.93 grams total, 11-35 mm
Private collection, England.
