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LOT 0212
Western Asiatic Sintered Quartz Cylinder Seal
NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE, 934-609 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (8.56 grams, 35 mm).
Fusiform with hunting scene, standing figure infringed robe drawing a bow at an antelope. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Collon, D., First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 337.
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Neo-Sumerian Clay Tablet
Ur III, 22nd-21st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Of pillow-shaped form, bearing cuneiform text to both principal faces. 28.4 grams, 39 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. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Fighting Quadrupeds
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With design in two registers separated by a bilinear frame; upper: antelopes fighting an leaf motif; lower: procession of figures and a scorpion. 5.53 grams, 23 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.078. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Banded Yellow Agate Pendant Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Each polished and pierced for suspension; including two flat-section, cartouche-shaped pendant plaques and three octagonal-section bars with conical terminals. 127 grams total, 54-71 mm
London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.
