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LOT 1522
Western Asiatic Black Stone Scaraboid with Walking Horse
CIRCA 800-700 B.C.
5/8 in. (2.45 grams, 15 mm).
Carved anatomical detailing on the body, underside with an advancing horse, and a branch above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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LOT 1522
Western Asiatic Black Stone Scaraboid with Walking Horse
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Western Asiatic Decorated Black Stone Bead
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Lozengiform type with incised geometric motif. 3.09 grams, 24.40 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A small pillow-shaped tablet with cuneiform text on both sides. 29.7 grams, 44 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Proto-Sumerian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Pillow-shaped with incised grid to the broad faces, dense cuneiform text in the columns with impressed pellet numerals. 236 grams, 89 mm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13179-249318.
Various collections of cuneiform tablets form a corpus of texts mainly of an administrative nature, from the Uruk III and Ur III periods. The proto-cuneiform, as a system of proto-writing, emerged in Mesopotamia ca.3500-3200 BC, during the Uruk period.
