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LOT 0884
Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Food Distribution
LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (82 grams, 67 mm).
A fragment of a pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with neatly impressed columns of cuneiform text, accounting of Ur III food distribution,
representing wages. [No Reserve]
Ex UK art market, 1970s.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988, pp.608-609, fig.111, for type.
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LOT 0884
Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Food Distribution
Sold for (Inc. bp): £203
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A pair of copper-alloy pin heads formed with tapering round-section stems and flat-section sub-oval heads, decorated in repoussé with geometric and stylised foliate motifs; accompanied by a custom-made display base. 81 grams total, 16 cm high including stand
UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
A manuscript leaf with a watercolour scene of two men in a landscape, one lying on the ground, surrounded by trees and grass, panels of five lines of a poem above and below, border around the whole; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 637 grams, 27.2 x 20 cm
Fair condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
