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LOT 0186
South Arabian Offering Table with Inscription
6TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/4 in. (1.47 kg, 21 cm).
With three D-section stub legs and channel with pouring lip; incised Phoenician or proto-Hebrew inscription, in reverse, to the notched rim.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Canada, acquired by descent from the collection of the present owner’s father, formed 1965-1990.
Acquired from the above by the current owner, 2020.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12842-240719.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Cleveland R.L., An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis, objects from the second campaign (1951) in the Timna Cemetery, Baltimore, 1951, pl.90, for similar examples (esp.TC 2020).
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LOT 0186
South Arabian Offering Table with Inscription
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £300
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Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of a Zebu
Circa 1000-600 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent. Ex Galerie Khnoum, Geneva, Switzerland. Private collection of Mr K.A. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Terracotta Tablet
Circa 2000-1530 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Rectangular clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces. 138 grams, 96 mm
Ex Oriental Dar Antiques, Jerusalem, 1967. European private collection. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125e33 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12770-237184. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Old Babylonian tablets were found in regular excavations from Khafaje and Kish, although still today the main body came from dealers. A definite date can be assigned to them only on the basis of internal evidence. The scripts of the tablets varies a good deal: some tablets are written in archaic cursive, others in younger cursive, still others mix archaic and younger sign forms.
