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LOT 0217
Sabean Yemeni Dedicatory Plaque from the Kingdom of Qataban
1ST CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (1.01 kg total, 23.7 cm high including stand).
With eight lines of qatabanic Sabaean text regarding an unknown temple of the kingdom of Qatabān, dedicated to the gods Amm dhu-Raymatum and Warafum: '1 Dlwn -b-Gbln ʿbd (s¹q)ny[ ʿm] 2 ḏ-Rymtm w-Wrfm (s¹)qnyt-ḏ= 3 hbm ḥg tkrb-s¹mn gwm/ 4 bʿw mhrt Nbṭ m w-(ytʿs¹) 5 w-ʾbl-s¹ ḥg t(k)rb-s¹mn l-m= 6 tʿn-s¹ b-s¹wt brṯ n rṯd D..= 7 wn ʿm w-Wrfm ʾḏn-s¹ w-(mqm)-s¹ 8 w-qny-s¹ b-ḥg ʿm w-ʾnby' 'Dalwān ... offered [to ʿAmm] (2) dhu-Raymatum and Warafum the offering of (3) bronze according to the promise he made to them ... (4) ... mares of Nabaṭ um ... (5) his camel in accordance with the promise he had made to them to be (6) protected in this expedition. Dalwān has confided (7) to ʿAmm and Warafum his faculties, his abilities (8) and his possessions, with the approval of Amm and Anbī'; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx London W1 collector; acquired between 1970 and the late 1990s.
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LOT 0217
Sabean Yemeni Dedicatory Plaque from the Kingdom of Qataban
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
19th-10th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising tanged arrowheads, most with barbs. 145 grams total, 30-98 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform School Exercise Tablet with Administrative Text
Circa 2000-1600 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Tablet fragment with a domed underside, the upper face with lines of impressed text. 90.9 grams, 74 mm
Private collection, 1980s. UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert. Accompanied by an original handwritten slip written by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: frieze with profile advancing horse and birds above; scene with standing warrior in plumed helmet advancing with one arm raised, holding a weapon, grasping the stem of a sapling with leaping lion behind; running horse with sun and moon above; procession of tall robed figures and small kneeling figure between, chipped; fragment with deeply cut bird-heads and other items; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.2 grams total, 10-15 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
