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LOT 0883
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet Pair
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 - 3 1/8 in. (109 grams total, 76-79 mm).
Each formed of a round-section balustered bar. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
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Western Asiatic Carnelian Bead Bracelet String
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Mesopotamian Alabaster Jar
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Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Circa 18th-17th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Bearing an incantation written by a known scribe. 28.6 grams, 56 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.
