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LOT 1112
Western Asiatic Silver Magical Scroll with Greek Inscription
CIRCA 2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (1.58 grams, 41 mm).
Sheet-silver rectangle with lightly incised enigmatic Greek-script text in nine lines.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 1112
Western Asiatic Silver Magical Scroll with Greek Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Of squat profile with slightly chamfered rim. 1.06 kg, 21.5 cm wide
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Western Asiatic Mixed Spindle Whorl Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including plano-onvex, oblate and other types. 113 grams total, 29-55 mm
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Mesopotamian Carnelian Cylinder Seal with Winged Horse
Circa 7th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With intaglio frieze depicting a winged horse with one foreleg raised facing two smaller beasts among trees; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.81 grams, 16 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, before 1988. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
