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LOT 1044
Silver Ram Amulet
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (3.26 grams, 27 mm).
Modelled in the round, displaying anatomical detailing including curled horns, pieced for suspension.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal for Ibni-Ea, son of Abi-tillati
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Opening Bid: £160
With incuse human figures and a stag in a hunting scene; gold mount with loop. 5.18 grams, 27 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
