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LOT 1322
Western Asiatic White Stone and Shell Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 3/4 in. (14 grams total, 2-18 mm).
Group of fusiform, cylindrical, rectangular and other beads. [123, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Private collection, Harwich.
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LOT 1322
Western Asiatic White Stone and Shell Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With rounded edges, obverse with an incised grid and dense cuneiform text across about half the available surface; reverse with remains of two columns of text; both ends absent. 95 grams, 61 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Akkadian Grey Stone Cylinder Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With combat scene of a standing figure grappling with two rearing ibexes each looking backwards towards a rearing horse; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 17.2 grams, 30 mm
From an important London collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Sasanian Carnelian Stamp Seal with Bust
Circa 5th-7th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £195
Plano-convex in profile with intaglio profile bust, the body with linear decoration. 6.03 grams, 22 mm
From a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s.
