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LOT 0849
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (0.94 grams, 15 mm).
With frieze of one sitting and two standing figures. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.031.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 92, for type.
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LOT 0849
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Western Asiatic Jasper Cylinder Seal with Animals
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With running frieze of animals in an undulating band. 12.8 grams, 18 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.066. London collection, 2016. -
Luristan Bronze Horse Attachment Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising: four openwork rosette style mounts with conical centres and strap junction to reverse; a whorl-shaped mount with mounting lug to reverse; an openwork comma-shaped fitting with loop to reverse; a rosette with domed head and rectangular lug to reverse; fitting with openwork geometric design and circular suspension loop; cylindrical bar terminating in a stylised feline head. 317 grams total, 2.5-10.7 cm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet
Circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
With impressed text to both principal faces, reading: 1) 70 sar of land (1 quarter hectare) 2) [...], 3) (for the price of) 6 shekels of silver, 4-7) Aradmu bought from Huwawa son of Suda and Sugunu son of Itiya. 8-12) Ur-Enlil son of Lu-Nanna, Beli-damiq, Lani priest-oint, Šu-Iškur are the witnesses. 13-14) In the day of the 28th of the month Dukuga, 15-17) the year the governor of Anšan married the king's daughter ; repaired. 116 grams, 83 mm
Acquired before 1990s/early 2000s. From the family collection of Jack Lyttle (1944-2023), Kilmacolm, Scotland; thence by descent to his granddaughter. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
