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LOT 0218
Western Asiatic Glazed Tile Collection
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 - 9 7/8 in. (2.4 kg total, 24-25 cm).
A group of three glazed ceramic tiles each with green border enclosing white bands and median deep-blued band with tendrils, flowers and leaves in white, yellow, black and turquoise; Iranian workmanship. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Hagop Kevorkian, 1979.
Important North West London collection.
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Large Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Concerning the Study of the Sacrificial Liver
Late 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A large clay tablet fragment bearing panels of cuneiform text to the principal face, separated by plain parallel lines; remains of cuneiform text to the reverse; a Babylonian treatise concerning the study of the liver of a sacrificial lamb; repaired. 533 grams, 15.6 cm 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 prophetic practise of hepatoscopy, was called in Akkadian barûtu, the art of divination. It is a collection of omens in standard Akkadian (including many sumerograms) each composed of a protasis (description of the configuration of the organ at the time of observation by the diviner) followed by the apodosis giving the omen itself. The fragment preserves the beginning of the treaty on the face and the end on the reverse. Among the various omens is a so-called historical one concerning King Sargon of Akkad (ca. 2350 BCE). A colophon indicates that the text is a copy of an ancient original. The name of the scribe is Mudammiq-Adad. His work was verified by Ur-Nintinuga, a Sumerian name from the Cassite period. -
Western Asiatic Stamp Seal with Lamashtu
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
A stone stamp seal of truncated conical form, possibly chlorite or serpentine, with incise standing human-headed eagle to base, incused hatched lines in four directions to the top face; drilled for suspension. 8.4 grams, 22 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late S.M., thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
Late 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £450 - 650 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A waisted cylindrical marble stamp seal bearing a worship scene composed of a procession of robed human figures advancing left, towards a seated figure; pierced vertically for suspension. 34.6 grams, 36 mm
Fine condition.
Private family collection formed in London, mid 1980s to early 1990s.
