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LOT 1016
Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet with Administrative Sargonic Text
MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (29.3 grams, 39 mm).
To two faces of the lentoid-section tablet.
ProvenanceSpecialised 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.
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LOT 1016
Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet with Administrative Sargonic Text
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Holy Land Trans Jordanian Ceramic Bowl
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Broad bell-shaped body with slightly everted rim, band of impressed points below the rim; cracked. 1.4 kg, 24 cm wide
From an important specialist collection formed in London, UK, before 1988. -
Old Babylonian Administrative Text Clay Cuneiform Tablet for the Distribution of Barley Rations
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Roughly pillow-shaped in form and bearing cuneiform text to one face; repaired. 43.9 grams, 52 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Western Asiatic Gold and Bead Pendant
1st millennium B.C. or laterEstimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Composed of a lozengiform jasper(?) body with conical gold cap adorned with granules and granulated bead below; free-running suspension loop. 2.04 grams, 30 mm
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
