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LOT 1051
Western Asiatic Red Breccia Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (7.92 grams, 27 mm).
With drilled frieze of antelopes grazing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.048.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 245, for type.
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LOT 1051
Western Asiatic Red Breccia Cylinder Seal with Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Western Asiatic Science of Astronomy and Mathematics Manuscript Page Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Group of twelve leaves from a scientific treatise written in blocks of twenty-one lines of black ink Naskh script with occasional red insertions and highlighting; text figures in red ink; tabulation grids and zodiacal figures in red with black numerals and marginal calculations in blue; probably from North Africa. 60 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Amlash Bronze Ring Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Mainly with ribbed hoop, disc bezel and radiating spokes with pellets. 355 grams total, 23-28 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. -
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Late Old Babylonian or Kassite Clay Cuneiform Tablet
Mid 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With text to one remaining face; lentoid in cross-section. 52 grams, 50 mm
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.
