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LOT 0922
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Other Necklace Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (186 grams total, 6-37 mm).
Comprising beads of various types and sizes, including carnelian, quartz, agate and glass examples, together with spherical, oval, facetted, coin, drum and other shapes. [74]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 0922
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Other Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Bactrian Manuscript Listing Sheep Supplied from Various Named Individuals
Circa 5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Recto bearing twenty-one incomplete lines of cursive Avestan text concerning a list of sheep supplied, reading: '...which from...a list for... and (?) which from the requisition...in the city...[from] Yolan: three sheep.-From Kh[...]yog: three sheep.-From [...]z: two sheep.-From Pap: three sheep.-From Nat-[...]nd: two sheep.-From Waraz-warahran:...sheep.-From Bagwye-shan: one sheep.-From Yolwyeshan: two sheep.-From Mihrbaman: one sheep.-From Bag-mareg: one sheep.-From Wind-fruman-yamsh together with Piyar-yamsh: one sheep.-From Bakh-arag:...sheep.-...-[From...]man: one sheep.-From Bib-sen: one sheep.'; verso bearing five incomplete lines of text; accompanied by a typed transcription and translation of the text, additional contextual information and bibliographic references. 3.81 grams, 19.5cm long
Fair condition.
David Lindahl, Sweden, 2001. Collection of Bruce Ferrini, USA. Central London gallery. Property of a UK collector. For UK buyers only, this item is not exportable from the UK.
The Bactrian kingdom of southern Transoxiana was only known from a handful of inscriptions, seals and coins until circa 1991, when a cache of around 150 documents was discovered in an archive belonging to the ruler of the city of Rob, dating between the 4th-8th century AD, leading to major developments in the understanding of the Bactrian language. Many of these documents were sold on the art market and collected by Dr. David Naser Khalili for his Nour Foundation. -
Western Asiatic Red Breccia Cylinder Seal with Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With drilled frieze of antelopes grazing. 7.92 grams, 27 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.048. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Alabaster Gaming 'Dice'
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Cuboid in form with 'numerals' 4, 2 and 1 in dot form to three faces, one face bearing an X, one a diagonal groove through the centre and one blank. 23.8 grams, 23 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
