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LOT 0864
Sassanian Stamp Seal Collection
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (16.4 grams total, 12-16 mm).
A mixed group of stamp seals in carnelian, lapis lazuli and other materials with intaglio profile bust, two horses and other designs. [5]
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
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Aramaic Lead Amuletic Sheet with Magical Text
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A roughly rectangular sheet-lead panel with columns of lightly incised Aramaic text of magical subject matter; the sheet originally rolled tightly. 4.34 grams, 41 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
The sheet was possibly meant to be a defixio or curse tablet on which the malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up), so that the victim could not find or negate it. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A mixed group of mainly drawn opaque coloured glass beads. 122 grams total, 2-12 mm
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
A restrung designer necklace composed mainly of cream-white coloured glass and some stone beads of spherical, biconical, barrel-shaped and other types, including two animal head beads. 21.33 grams, 54.5 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
