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LOT 0217
Sumerian Pre-Sargonic Clay Tablet
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (103 grams, 70 mm).
Discoid in plan with a lentoid cross-section, bearing dense text to one face.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988.
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Amlash Terracotta Chalice
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising a deep hemispherical bowl with rounded rim, short stem and large flared foot. 480 grams, 15.5 cm wide
London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Collection
3rd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising beads of various materials and shapes, including: lapis lazuli, gold glass, glazed faience, glass, gold and other beads; decorated with animals, floral compositions and geometric motifs. 44.5 grams total, 3-42 mm
Ex Robin Symes Gallery, pre 1999. -
Urartian Bifacial Stone Stamp Seal
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £819
Tabular seal with large suspension hole; bifacial design comprising (A) a large winged creature with textured surface above two running gazelles; (B) a lion pouncing on a smaller quadruped. 19.7 grams, 33 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a report by Dr Habil, Pieter Gert van der Veen, Head of the Biblical Archaeology study form (ABA) der Studiengemeinschaft Wort und Wissen e.V.
Accompanying note dates the seal to Iron Age II (9th-8th century B.C.)
