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LOT 0892
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Collection
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (44.5 grams total, 3-42 mm).
Comprising beads of various materials and shapes, including: lapis lazuli, gold glass, glazed faience, glass, gold and other beads; decorated with animals, floral compositions and geometric motifs. [56, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Robin Symes Gallery, pre 1999.
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Ur III Clay Cuneiform Tablet
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Pillow-shaped and bearing text to both principal faces and one side edge. 26.8 grams, 35 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988. -
Luristan Bronze Fantastic Animal Terminal
13th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising a ring surmounted by a facing ibex head with the horns extending to two beast-heads emerging from the sides of the ring; small retaining ledge to the reverse; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 78 grams, 89 mm (224 grams total, 11.4 cm high including stand)
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex Parisian collection.
This piece likely formed part of a horse harness. -
Large Old Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet Fragment
Circa 18th-17th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Bearing a lexical text over two faces. 251 grams, 10.9 cm
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.
