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LOT 1270
Western Asiatic Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
15 in. (37 grams, 38 cm).
Graduated string of biconical, oblate and other beads, centrepiece a large spherical bead with annular retainer. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 1270
Western Asiatic Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Mesopotamian Silver Cylinder Seal with Two Registers
13th-12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Tubular in form with large hatched panel above and frieze of standing beasts below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.57 grams, 16 mm
Ex S collection, London, UK, 1980-1990. -
Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With intaglio frieze depicting a helmetted hero with wings on his back standing between and gripping two rearing winged monsters with quadruped body and a human head, to the rear a frond and an altar with miniature figurine; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.68 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in the 1970s. Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Royal Sumerian Text
Circa 18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Pillow-shaped in form with cuneiform text in dense rows to one face. 146 grams, 90 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
