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LOT 0270
Tell Burqas Stone Bowl
6TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (574 grams, 90 mm).
Squat hollow container with low rim to the broad mouth.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1997.
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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Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Floral Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising annular granule clusters and annular beads formed of two rows of hollow spheres. 2.89 grams total, 2-8 mm
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to the upper face; underside partly lost. 122 grams, 68 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. 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.
