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LOT 0822
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
28 3/4 in. (16.6 grams, 73 cm long).
A restrung designer necklace composed mainly of graduated pottery, glass and stone beads of various dates, types and colours, including a central piriform bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
A mixed group of glass, shell and stone beads of cylindrical, oblate, spherical and other types. 89 grams total, 2-15 mm
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
Cuneiform Accounting Tablet Listing a Distribution to a Series of Babylonian Soldiers
Mid 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
A bifacial rectangular tablet with lentoid cross-section, the two principal faces bearing cuneiform text relating to a distribution for several individuals whose names are recorded in the left-hand column (Sîn-bēl-ilī Masitum, Sinatum, etc.), probably Babylonian soldiers, the document dates to the end of the first Babylonian dynasty; repaired. 353 grams, 13 cm wide
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. 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 Bull-Headed Bronze Spout
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
A bronze zoomorphic spout of roughly cylindrical form, terminating in a stylised bull's head with curved horns. 135 grams, 79 mm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private collection since 1998.
