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LOT 0895
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (9.81 grams, 36 mm).
With a frieze depicting a robed bowman taking aim at a stag, bushes and solar disc in the field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.052.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 148, for type.
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Opening Bid: £150
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Opening Bid: £160
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Terracotta Magical Bowl Bearing an Incantation Against Evil Spirits
4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Of rounded, conical form and bearing a spiralling pseudo-Aramaic incantation to the bowl interior. 260 grams, 15.5 cm wide
From a collection of pottery formed in the 1970-1980s.
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in the regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as child-birth, illness and evil spirits.
