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LOT 1097
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Fighting Quadrupeds
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (5.53 grams, 23 mm).
With design in two registers separated by a bilinear frame; upper: antelopes fighting an leaf motif; lower: procession of figures and a scorpion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.078.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 558, for type.
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LOT 1097
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Fighting Quadrupeds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Elamite Haematite Cylinder Seal with the God Shatwak
Sukkalmah Period, circa 1970-1770 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Drilled vertically for suspension; engraved columns of cuneiform text alternating with human and animal figures; with the name of the owner followed by the standard pious statement 'servant of God X', the father's name of the seal owner is omitted: Shurpakir(?) servant of (the god) Shatwak. 5.91 grams, 21 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
The deity Shatwak is only otherwise known only as an element in one personal name in a tablet from Susa and in the 'servant of' phrase on a seal impression on tablets from Ur. -
Western Asiatic Large Bronze Ring
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Discoid bezel with incised grid and crescent motifs. 15.77 grams, 25.80 mm overall, 19.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Hero
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Barrel-shaped with frieze depicting a human hero with a sword attacking a leaping deer and a winged harpy crouching, the engraving possibly later. 8.4 grams, 29 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.10. London collection, 2016.
