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LOT 0940
Western Asiatic Flask with Star Design
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/4 in. (1.4 kg, 26 cm wide).
A ceramic flask of lentoid form with u-section medial channel incorporating three suspension lugs, short spout with rounded rim, central raised ring to the upper face decorated with a stylised star, the body with concentric roundels.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 0940
Western Asiatic Flask with Star Design
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Painted Spouted Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A ceramic vessel with rounded underside, biconvex body, trumpet-shaped mouth with raised internal rim; spout to the shoulder; painted band of decoration to the shoulder. 724 grams, 21 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Neo-Babylonian Cuneiform Administrative Tablet from the Reign of Artaxerxes I, Achaemenid King of Persia
465-424 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A pillow-shaped administrative clay tablet bearing cuneiform text to both principal faces, relating to a barley debt; Aramaic graffiti to one edge. 114 grams, 67 mm wide
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.
The tablet records a promissory note of a typical kind to pay for barley. It concludes with the names of witnesses, town and date. The Aramaic script transcribes the cuneiform name of the debtor into Aramaic script, making it easier for scribes to identify who each tablet refers to. It dates to the Achaemenid period, to the reign of Artaxerxes I (465-424 B.C.). Such late administrative tablets are typically carelessly written, as is apparent on our example as some script has been rendered slanting sharply downwards. -
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Bactrian Silver Walking Stick Attachment
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £450 - 650 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A hollow-formed silver cylinder seal-type attachment, possibly from a walking stick or a furniture fitting, with a frieze of opposed seated figures, beasts and other details; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 32.33 grams, 31 mm
Fair condition. Very rare.
Acquired before 1990. With a central London gallery. Private collection of a North West London lady.
