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LOT 0292
Syrian Haematite Scarab
8TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (6.52 grams, 17 mm).
With scene to underside of a winged figure advancing.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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LOT 0292
Syrian Haematite Scarab
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Akkadian Black Stone Cylinder Seal of the Sun God Shamash
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Finely engraved with a religious scene, sun god Shamash seated on a throne with his feet resting on a padded stand, holding a scimitar in his raised left hand and wearing a horned headdress; four bearded deities and a smaller, clean-shaven young male worshipper before him, each of the deities wearing a horned headdress and a pleated garment; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 49.1 grams, 40 mm
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The seal's excellent glyptic techniques, naturalistic depictions of the facial features, and the presented religious scene suggest that this seal might have belonged to a high official. -
Western Asiatic Style White Metal Pendant with Carnelian Calligraphic Gemstone
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
An openwork pendant set with a carnelian gemstone, engraved calligraphic text in two lines, scallop-shaped suspension loop above. 13.4 grams, 30 mm
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South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque
Circa 150 A.D.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
Rectangular in profile with spur to each upper angle; high-relief reserved epigraphic text in ten lines with void at lower centre; dedicated to the god Dhu-Samāwī by Ẓabiyum Yarḥab, under the Reign of King Rabbīshamsum Nimrān; mounted on a custom-made stand. 2.03 kg total, 28 x 18.6 cm (34.5 cm high including stand)
Ex Robin Marshal-Carter, Adelaide, South Australia, 1970. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a full transliteration and translation into modern English. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12697-235195. 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.
From the temple of Yaghrū consecrated to the god dhu-Samāwī, in the wādī 'l-Shudayf in northern Yemen.
