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LOT 1344
Western Asiatic Stone Weight Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 2 1/4 in. (59 grams total, 12-58 mm).
Fusiform, obate and other types in banded agate, haematite and other materials. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Shell Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung designer necklace of graduated annular, melon, oblate and irregular beads. 25.4 grams, 36 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Central Asian Pottery Bowl with Kufic Inscription
Circa 10th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Of rounded profile with painted design to inner face: quartered design of black, olive green and coral stripes on a cream field, one and a half lines of Kufic text across the centre; repaired. 384 grams, 16.5 cm wide
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Syro-Hittite Silver Amulet
Circa 14th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Amulet of a deity in human form wearing a pointed cap and pleated kilt, hands placed on the chest supporting coiled serpent (or staff), ledge to rear; possibly Tarḫunna, the Hittite weather-god. 3.9 grams, 29 mm
From the Bavarian private collection of F.U., Germany, before 2000. Acquired Gorny & Mosch, 17 June 2015, lot 246. Property of a French collector. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12123-214885.
The proper name of the weather god is not known, as it was expressed with an ideogram in the texts; his name was probably Tarhunna, from Hattic Taru. Among the Luwians he was called Datta and Tarhunt. The Hittite province of Tarhuntassa, south of the heartland of the Hittite Empire, took its name from the latter: 'land of the weather god'.
