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LOT 0962
Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
17 3/8 in. (10.5 grams, 44 cm long).
Restrung, composed of small, pale stone or shell smoothed cylinder beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone and glass.
FootnotesSimilar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
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Western Asiatic Gold Bull-Headed Pendants
7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Matched pair of hollow-formed gold pendants, each a bull's head modelled in the round with rosette to the rear and hoop. 5.39 grams total, 23-24 mm
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Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet
Circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
With impressed text to both principal faces, reading: 1) 70 sar of land (1 quarter hectare) 2) [...], 3) (for the price of) 6 shekels of silver, 4-7) Aradmu bought from Huwawa son of Suda and Sugunu son of Itiya. 8-12) Ur-Enlil son of Lu-Nanna, Beli-damiq, Lani priest-oint, Šu-Iškur are the witnesses. 13-14) In the day of the 28th of the month Dukuga, 15-17) the year the governor of Anšan married the king's daughter ; repaired. 116 grams, 83 mm
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Safavid Silver and Niello Perfume Bottle
16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
