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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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Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet with Administrative Text
Circa 18th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,885
To both principal faces; pillow-shaped in form. 116 grams, 71 mm
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. -
South Arabian Alabaster Tablet with Inscription
3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Rectangular with two lateral flanges to the upper face; worked and dressed face with legend in seriffed South Arabian script. 1.3 kg, 12 cm
Acquired by Barbara Toy, 1950/60s and thence by descent.
The South Arabian script is an abjad written sinistrograde; the present text appears to contain the numerals for '1' and '100'.
