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LOT 0920
Sassanian Stone Stamp Seal with Ram
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.19 grams, 17 mm).
The polished plano-convex body drilled for suspension, the ram depicted couchant facing left to base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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Mesopotamian Terracotta Pouring Vessel
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Formed as a pouring vessel with carinated body and short cylindrical spout, neck decorated with three concentric bands of pricked dots, incised bands below, combed chevrons to the equator featuring three raised knops to the rear. 438 grams, 11.8 cm wide
Acquired in Europe before 1990. -
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Babylonian Cuneiform Foundation Nail
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Conical in form with facetted faces bearing cuneiform text. 36 grams, 58 mm
Acquired by the vendor's mother 1960s-1970s, thence by descent. Ex Spray family collection, Norfolk, UK. -
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet with Administrative Text
Circa 18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,885
To both principal faces; pillow-shaped in form. 116 grams, 71 mm
Specialised 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.
