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LOT 0941
Western Asiatic Yellow Glass Wart Vessel
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (32 grams, 90 mm).
Piriform with slightly dimpled base, trumpet-shaped neck with everted rim, the body with raised spikes.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Babylonian Glass Stamp Seal with Man and Lion
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Marble Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
With large central hole, incised frieze of a seated figure offering a cup to a figure in floor-length garment, second figure behind him in a tiered robe, canine and scorpion to the rear. 17 grams, 31 mm
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Late Old Babylonian or Kassite Clay Cuneiform Tablet
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With text to one remaining face; lentoid in cross-section. 52 grams, 50 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.