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LOT 1537
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Inscription
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (21.1 grams, 28 mm).
Pierced tapering handle to reverse, billeted border enclosing profile standing bull and legend in Indus Valley script.
ProvenanceFrom the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.
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LOT 1537
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Inscription
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With an ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft tapering towards the end, a rectangular tang with a bent tip. 830 grams, 40 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of the Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by a bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with a straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Spearhead
9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib and a tapering round socket. 128 grams, 27.2 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spear, belonging to type 3 of the Khorasani classification, was used by chariot fighters to strike each other or the enemy infantry from above. Similar specimens with longer sockets were excavated by Negahban in the Amlash area. According to Moorey, sockets as long, if not longer than the blade, are a characteristic of spearheads in the late 2nd and early 1st millennium B.C. A similar spearhead from the Tappeh Sialk has been dated to the 9th-7th century B.C. -
Western Asiatic Chalcedony Cylinder Seal with Tree of Life
900-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With frieze of a tree flanked by winged worshippers, surmounted by faravahar symbol; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.47 grams, 22 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
