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LOT 0898
Western Asiatic Alabaster Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (269 grams, 12 cm).
Featuring a carinated profile and flange rim.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the 1990s.
Ex property of a Suffolk collector.
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Trans Jordan Redware Burnished Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Of globular form with flat base and funicular neck; two lug handles to the shoulder. 260 grams, 12.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Ex Hands of the Potter exhibition. Faustus Gallery, Jermyn Street, 1990s. London, UK, collection. -
Trans-Jordan Alabaster Astarte Figure
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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. 36.1 grams, 79 mm high
From an important collection formed pre 1988, Geneva and London, by descent. -
Large Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with a List of Professional Titles
Mid 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
The titles written on one face; some remaining text to reverse; a school list of Sumerian proper names that begins with lugal 'King', Sumerian names being generally small phrases. Among the names in this list = lugal-nir-gal2 'The King is Noble'; lugal-gal-zu 'The King is Wise' and; such can also be abbreviated as lugal-abzu 'The King, (in/from) the Abzu(X}' the Abzu is the home of the god Enki(X); repaired. 881 grams, 16.5 cm
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.
