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LOT 0879
Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment, a Note on a Quantity of Barley
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (23 grams, 39 mm).
A clay tablet bearing cuneiform text to one face, roughly lentoid in cross-section, a note on a quantity of barley, possibly Paleo-Babylonian. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0879
Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment, a Note on a Quantity of Barley
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Assyrian Cuneiform Tablet
13th century B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
A roughly tabular clay tablet bearing impressed cuneiform text arranged in vertical columns to five of its six faces. 682 grams, 17.5 cm
Ex French art market. with Boisgirard & Associés, Paris, 14 February 2005, lot 246. Private Swiss collection since 2005. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11638-198993. -
Western Asiatic Bowl with Fluted Rim
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A carinated ceramic bowl with inverted neck and rim, remains of a foot underneath. 895 grams, 23 cm wide
Acquired 1990s. English private collection. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Neo-Sumerian Alabaster Kohl Pot with Lions
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
An alabaster kohl jar composed of a bulbous body with broad everted rim; two naturalistically engraved recumbent lions in low relief to the equator. 29.4 grams, 35 mm wide
Fine condition.
From a collection formed pre 1988. London and Geneva collection, thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous typed catalogue page.
Numerous stone kohl containers have been discovered at the temple of the goddess Inanna. The close association between her cult and the kohl jar is based on the literature recording the attractive black eyes of Inanna after she painted them with kohl. Inanna was one of the principal deities worshipped in ancient Mesopotamia.
