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LOT 0952
Western Asiatic Painted Jar
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 3/8 in. (805 grams, 21.2 cm high).
An ovoid ceramic jar with short neck, chamfered rim and discoid foot, painted geometric frieze to the upper body composed of plain circumferential bands, chevrons and pellets.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 0952
Western Asiatic Painted Jar
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Amlash Figure of Fertility
Circa 13th-12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £635
A copper-alloy fertility figure with openwork decoration, loop arms suspending pendants formed as slender figurative horned animals; suspension loop to reverse and cage-style torso; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 47 grams, 91 mm (78 grams total, 10 cm including stand)
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1983.mj Ex London gallery, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Pottery Jar with Birds
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A ceramic jar with rounded underside, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth; painted frieze of birds to the shoulder, solid bands above; rim chipped. 806 grams, 17 cm wide
Rim chipped
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet, a Letter from Šamaš-nasir to Iluni King of Ešnunna Concerning the People of Zibbatum
Circa 1730-1720 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
A clay tablet of broadly rectangular form, a letter from Šamaš-naṣir (a provincial governor) to his lord, Iluni king of Ešnunna (Tell Asmar), the king passed orders to mobilise the men of Ida-Maraṣ, the name of the country of Ešnunna, to provide grain transport, but the men of the city Zibbatum did not respond to the call despite the governor's request to generals, the people of Zibbatum became apiru, that is, wandering groups; this is a social category well known from the second millennium (notably in the Canaanite texts of El-Amarna) which has sometimes been compared to the Hebrews of the Bible; the tablet reading: 'According to the mission of my Lord, I said to Arahum thus: 'Are not the people of Zibbatum the soldiers of your lord? Why did you make them Apirum?' This is what I said to him and Arahum blamed me, since that time Ibnatum does not cease to be insolent before me and does not cease to hide his troop from me. Yesterday, when I came to my lord, I wanted to inspect him but his troop was not present. I sent one of my servants to the city of Urula, one of my servants to the interior of the country and one of my servants to the city of Labi, his city, in order to (re)lead his troop and himself and until now they have not brought me any news. As soon as they have brought them back to me my lord will hear the punishment I intend to inflict on him. In such a large country as the one my lord has entrusted to me, I...' 183 grams, 10.2 cm wide
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.
