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LOT 1372
Western Asiatic Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
13 5/8 in. (20 grams, 34.5 cm).
Composed of mainly annular and oblate beads, central feature comprising a cylindrical and an irregular bead, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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Mughal Bone Cosmetic Spoon
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with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Luristan Bronze Dress Pin Group
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: one square in section with domed knop finial; one similar, cylindrical in section; one a tapering cylinder with three radiating lugs. 149 grams total, 16-21 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform School Exercise Tablet
Circa 1950-1700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Discoid in plan and lentoid in section, bearing cuneiform scribal work in large characters on both sides. 153 grams, 81 mm
From a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members and dispersed in 1988 in London and Geneva.
Such scribal 'practise tablets' are always of this round shape: Type IV tablets, also known as 'lentils', are circular tablets containing one or a few lines of a composition written out once by the teacher and then a second time by the student, either underneath (typical of Nippur tablets), or on the reverse. This would appear to be an example of the latter.
