Western Asiatic Neo-Sumerian Votive Bead for King Schulgi

2094-2047 BC

2" (3.96 grams, 50mm).

A long banded agate votive bead with an inscription for the King Schulgi, according to the inscription the Neo-Sumerian King Schulgi has consecrated for his (own) life (this object) to the god Enlil.

Provenance

The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s; collection number W-428; accompanied by Geologic Report TL005246 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz.

Literature

For the inscription see H. Steible, Die altsumerischen Bau-und Weihinschriften, Part I and II, FAOS 5. Wiesbaden, 1982.

CONDITION

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LOT 0225

Western Asiatic Neo-Sumerian Votive Bead for King Schulgi

Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,750

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