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LOT 0834
Trans-Jordan Alabaster Astarte Figure
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/8 in. (36.1 grams, 79 mm high).
Carved in the round with semi-naturalistic features, standing nude with her hands clasped together below her bust, hair dressed on top and flowing down her back.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed pre 1988, Geneva and London, by descent.
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Old Babylonian Micro Cuneiform Clay Tablet
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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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
