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LOT 0293
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 3/8 in. (10.03 grams total, 1-11 mm).
Mixed group of tubular and other beads, coils, end-caps and other items. [115]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed primarily of shell and ceramic beads of various types, including decoratively ribbed examples. 23 grams, 50 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
Aramaic Fragmentary Bronze Text Scroll
2nd-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
An unrolled sheet with impressed text in Aramaic script, mounted in a display frame. 209 grams total, 13.5 x 13 cm including case
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Group with Administrative Tablet and a King Šu-Sin Tax Text
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Group of two pillow-shaped ceramic tablets both with cuneiform text to one broad face, one edge and part of the reverse, one an Ur III text from the reign of Šu-Sin related to a tax of the Ur kingdom. 77 grams total, 44-45 mm
Acquired in the 1970s. European private collection.
