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LOT 0930
Western Asiatic Ceramic Plate with Star
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/2 in. (740 grams, 25 cm wide).
With painted rosette motif to the centre, with concentric rings and other motifs.
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 0930
Western Asiatic Ceramic Plate with Star
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Babylonian Ceramic Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Of irregular form, bearing text to one face. 11 grams, 3.5 cm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Chalice
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Composed of a bowl with convex wall, everted rim and splayed foot; painted with a frieze of geometric motifs to the exterior and rim interior; repaired. 1.3 kg, 25 cm wide
Fine condition, base repaired.
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Pars Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. From a specialist collection of pottery. -
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Royal Letter To Iluni King of Eshnunna
Circa late 18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,925
Written over two principal faces and two side edges: 'From Warassa to Iluni comprising: 1. Usual greetings. 2. The king of Der asks Iluni to provide him with men because he lacks manpower to do the harvest. He offers to retain an escort when it returns from Susa. 2. Warassa justifies the small amount of copper he sent to Iluni at his request. The stock of copper in the palace of Der is empty and what was left had to be used for the manufacture of ex-voto for the god Ištaran. The remission of debts also contributed to the impoverishment of the palace. Nevertheless, Warassa bought copper and sent it to Ešnunna, which amounts to 5 talents. 4. A sum of money is sent to Iluni in exchange for the sending of 5 young people who will enter the service of the palace.' (M. Guichard). 238 grams, 11 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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no. 201148.
