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LOT 0929
Western Asiatic Painted Ceramic Zoomorphic Ewer
CIRCA 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (537 grams, 15 cm wide).
Formed as a stylised animal with stocky waisted body formed from conjoined bulbs, long tail, flared neck developing to a spout with lugs, loop handle to the middle back and filler-hole to the rump; painted with bands of running scroll designs and bands.
ProvenanceFrom the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s.
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Trans Jordan Terracotta Bowl
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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet
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Of pillow-shape with lines of impressed cuneiform text to both principal faces, reading: 1) 1 wineskin suspended from a rope, 2) (for) Šu-Sîn the royal messenger 3-5) when he came <...>. 6) Intermediary Ašgi-tillassu, chief of the weavers. 7) Expense. 8) In the month šugargal, 9-10) the year bis when the priestess of Eridu was 'hired'. 24.2 grams, 36 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988. 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. -
Western Asiatic Painted Pottery Chalice
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With broad everted rim, painted with brown and ochre bands of varying width with bosses to centre. 651 grams, 16.8 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
