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LOT 1056
Western Asiatic Terracotta Winged God with Cuneiform Inscription to the Wing and Back
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (32 grams, 52 mm).
Hollow-formed with socket to the underside, aviform figure with detailed beak, wings folded to the sides; impressed cuneiform inscription to right wing and rear of body; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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LOT 1056
Western Asiatic Terracotta Winged God with Cuneiform Inscription to the Wing and Back
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Sassanian Red Jasper Seal with Pegasus
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Acquired between 1980-1983. From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals, collection no.16. Accompanied by a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by A D H Bivar. -
late Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
1000-800 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With incuse frieze depicting a winged male figure wearing a tall headdress and holding a khopesh hooked sword, one foot placed on the corpse of a goat or ram, grappling with a rearing bull-headed winged beast and gripping its raised foreleg; behind, a second winged male figure with a sceptre and raised club to strike the bull-headed beast from behind; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 32.6 grams, 40 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. 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.
