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LOT 0874
Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (4.1 grams, 21 mm).
With incised frieze of a seated figure in tiered garment facing a standing figure in floor-length garment, second figure behind with arms crossed at the chest, blank space to the rear to accept text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; ; collection no.067.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 115, for type.
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LOT 0874
Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Iranian Bowl with Camel Rider
19th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Footed bowl with glazed inner face, polychrome scene of a camel and rider with guide, foliage in the field, concentric rings to the rim; some repainting. 376 grams, 17.5 cm wide
From an old collection, Nottingham, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet
Sumerian, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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. -
Mesopotamian Alabaster Disc Necklace Bead Group
Circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Composed of restrung lentoid-section disc beads. 38.5 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
