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LOT 1232
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (15.3 grams total, 12-19 mm).
Comprising: a grey steatite seal with a geometric pattern; a concave grey steatite seal with a linear pattern; a black steatite seal with a zig-zag motif; a steatite seal with a man wearing a Syrian fur-trimmed skirt, a figure in a fringed skirt, partition, a frontal nude woman, partition, a figure in a skirt and a tree; a dark grey granite seal with three dashed figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.6, 7, 19, 42, 68.
Cf. a seal with similar patterns in Buchanan, B., Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, New Yale and London, 1981, no.226a.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising fifteen tanged arrowheads, mostly barbed types. 278 grams total, 7.2-19.3 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment for Sale of Items
Circa 21st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Rectangular section with impressed cuneiform text on three sides. 36 grams, 42 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Syrian Limestone Cylinder Seal
Circa 1300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cylinder with a figure standing on a beast, another figure before, another beast and stripes; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.8 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.57.
