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LOT 0226
Sumerian Tablet within Envelope with Cylinder Seal Impressions
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (115 grams, 55 mm).
Comprising an envelope with intact tablet within, the outer face covered with cylinder seal impressions, small part opening to reveal the tablet inside.
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 0226
Sumerian Tablet within Envelope with Cylinder Seal Impressions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
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Western Asiatic Gold Floral Earrings
Circa 1st millennium B.C. or laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
Each formed as an open flower with the carpel emerging between the petals, applied pellets forming the petals and three pellets to the carpel; hinged loops. 7.04 grams total, 34-35 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Cup with Procession of Ibexes
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Drum-shaped with narrow disc base, painted frieze of ibexes to the sidewall between concentric lines. 149 grams, 91 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Trans-Jordan Polished Terracotta Bowl
Early Bronze Age, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Hemispherical n profile with small foot, dimple to the underside; rim chipped. 145 grams, 65 mm high
From a family collection pre 1988.
