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LOT 1088
Ur III Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Concerning Field Divisions
CIRCA 2000 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (34.5 grams, 48 mm).
Irregular fragment with vertical columns of cuneiform text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Ancient Art, London, UK, in 1985.
From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12316-215186
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1935,0116.30.
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LOT 1088
Ur III Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Concerning Field Divisions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Mesopotamian Alabaster Disc Bead Necklace String
Circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Composed of restrung discoid beads. 29 grams, 45 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Limestone Mortar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With short columnar base and bulbous upper body, broad rim with pouring lip. 4.85 kg, 13 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The later (2nd -3rd century A.D.) Rabbinic tradition emphasised the difference between the permanent mortar (makhtesh kevua) and the movable one (makhtesh metaltelet), with the first being automatically sold with the house, but the second sold only if expressly stated by the vendor. This form of movable mortar was common in the Levant throughout the second half of the 1st millennium B.C. -
Early Dynastic Terracotta Cuneiform Administrative Tablet Recording Livestock and their Owners
IIIb, 2400-2340 B.C.Estimate: £18,000 - 24,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
Pillow-shaped tablet with dense cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge, concerning the listing of 146 sheep and their owners or shepherds. 202 grams, 78 mm
with Laemmle Gallery, San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, USA. Acquired from the above in the early 1970s. with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.133. Private central European collection. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12121-218147.
