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LOT 1006
Western Asiatic Flat Axehead-Shaped Razor
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 5/8 in. (69 grams 19.5 cm).
Flat in cross-section with a convex cutting edge and rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection formed before 2000.
Ex North London, UK, gallery.
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Western Asiatic Pierced Stone Stamp Seal with Symbols
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
A polyhedral pyramid with cuboidal suspension black to apex; incised symbols to base. 27 grams, 36 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Hero
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Barrel-shaped with frieze depicting a human hero with a sword attacking a leaping deer and a winged harpy crouching, the engraving possibly later. 8.4 grams, 29 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.10. London collection, 2016. -
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Babylonian Cuneiform Foundation Nail
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Conical in form with facetted faces bearing cuneiform text. 36 grams, 58 mm
Acquired by the vendor's mother 1960s-1970s, thence by descent. Ex Spray family collection, Norfolk, UK.
