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LOT 1536
Western Asiatic Bronze Pendant Cylinder Seal
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (34.9 grams, 36.8 mm).
The shank formed as a drum with ring-and-dot motif to the underside, two comb motifs to the sidewall, knop finial formed as a fist; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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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. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet with Cylinder Seal Impressions
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,020
Pillow-shaped ceramic section with impressed design: obverse with rolled cuneiform impression from a cylinder seal and cuneiform text alongside; reverse with faintly impressed cylinder seal design and flanking cuneiform text. 31.8 grams, 41 mm
Acquired at a London antiques fair in the 1990s. From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady. -
Mitanni Faience Cylinder Seal with Man and Beast
Circa 1400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Cylindrical seal with a standing, robed figure wearing a headdress, before him a standing ibex with curved horns, facing back; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.6 grams, 21 mm
From a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
