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LOT 1188
Western Asiatic Bronze Hook Fastener
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (33.1 grams, 10 cm).
An oval openwork frame with roped and ribbed motif, raised mount in form of a quatrefoil and attachment hook. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Glass Sealing
10th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Drum-shaped with iridescent surface, reserved bull's head and segmented spiral motifs. 19 grams, 27 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Middle Assyrian Brick-Shaped Tablet with Funerary Inscription for Adad-Shumu-lesir’s Tomb
1363-912 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,778
A rectangular brick-shaped tablet, inscribed in cuneiform script across three vertical faces, with a single column to the fourth and a continuation of text across the top surface; the inscription a funerary curse relating to the tomb of Adad-šumu-lešir, warning against interference with the burial, reading in part: 'As for a stranger, or somebody who would approach that tomb, or would bring up a corpse out of it and bury his own within, or would touch the silver inside - Adad, Šamaš, or Nergal will fill his house and field with shortage, collapse, and murder. He will repay the property of that tomb sevenfold, dedicating it to Šuriha. For the offspring of Adad-šumu-lešir he shall be undone for taking out and bringing down objects in the tomb, and for burying another body within it. Month Kalmartu, third day, eponymy of Aššur-mušezib.' 333 grams, 14.3 cm
Acquired in 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12872-241667.
Funerary inscriptions of this type are extremely rare survivals, serving both as legal texts and spiritual safeguards, invoking the major deities Adad, Šamaš, and Nergal to enforce the curse. -
Western Asiatic Banded Alabaster Conical Bowl
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With broad conical profile, narrow base; rim chipped. 434 grams, 15 cm wide
Private collection, UK.
