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LOT 1443
Western Asiatic Engraved Calligraphic Stamp Seal Group
LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/8 in. (10.2 grams total, 24-27 mm).
Comprising two chess piece seal matrices, one set with a carnelian intaglio with densely arranged calligraphic inscription, the other with a bronze insert with an inscription; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London.
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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. -
Western Asiatic Decorated Agate Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Each with a grooved geometric concentric lozenge design. 3.28 grams total, 14.04-16.10 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Sasanian Banded Agate Stamp Seal with Star
Circa 3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With incuse star and tree design. 1.55 grams, 15.24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
