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Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group
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LOT 1496

Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1/8 - 2 1/4 in. (145 grams total including box, 1-56 mm).

Comprising: a fusiform ceramic bead with impressed cuneiform text in four columns; group of twenty-seven bronze coins and fragments; in old cardboard soap box with handwritten legend inside lid 'Bought from an old beggar Arab at Murood, in desert'; wrapped in fragments of old English-language newspaper dated March 31, 1928. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Early 20th century private collection, acquired March 1925.
Subsequently Simon Chorley Art & Antiques Ltd, Gloucestershire, 23rd September 2010.
Private collection, acquired from the above.

In a box marked 'Found by ourselves in Desert at Murmood (?) March 1925'.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 1496

Western Asiatic Fragmentary Cuneiform Barrel with Coin Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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