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LOT 1011
Western Asiatic Silver Bowl
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 5/8 in. (71.7 grams, 14.3 cm).
Shallow sheet-silver with integral disc foot.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Sumerian White Stone Cylinder Seal
Uruk Period, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Drum-shaped with frieze of drilled zoomorphic figures; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.85 grams, 12.28 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
With finely executed intaglio scene depicting a standing figure wielding an axe and holding a rearing lion beneath a solar disc; supplied with a museum quality impression. 5.38 grams, 20.66 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12714-234416. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Aramaic Lead Scroll with Magical Text
2nd-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
A rectangular lead sheet rolled into a tight scroll with the text to the inner face. 31 grams, 58 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The item was possibly meant to be what the Romans called a defixio or 'curse tablet', on which the magical malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up) so that the victim could not find it or change it.