Western Asiatic Silver Magic Ring

Composed of stone and glass beads in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours, some from Asia, North and West Africa, with some glass Venetian chevrons and millefiori trade beads. 69.5 grams total, 1-23 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Comprising a deep body with flat base; the interior with a large painted cross motif extending to the rim with triangles on the field between the cross arms; repaired. 140 grams, 13.2 cm



London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.

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.