Western Asiatic Stamp Seal Collection

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Nov 23, 2018

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Auction Venue: The May Fair Hotel London Stratton Street Mayfair London, W1J 8LT Viewing from noon Thursday 22nd Nov. 2018 Champagne Reception: 6pm - 9pm Friday 23rd Nov. 2018 (Day 1) 10am : Lots 1 - 660 TimeLine Auctions Limited enquiries@timelineauctions.com

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  3rd-1st millennium BC. A group of ten stamp seals including four accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which state: (T-556) 'Stamp Seal of Dark-coloured Stone, 18.5 x 21 x 10mm. This is a thick oblong plaque, pierced the short way, with designs on both sides. The one shows a lamp on a stand. The other shows a running horned quadruped. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 500-100 b.C. It is a rare type, and in mint condition.'; (T-899) 'Stamp Seal of Black/Green Stone, 35 x 35 x 7mm. This is a square plaque. The design shows a heraldic eagle with head sideways at the top, wings spread and tail feathers down. In its beak it holds a snake, the body of which crosses the eagle's body, and in on talon it is gripping some small creature. The plaque is pierced from front to back through an upper corner and two other corners are trimmed. This comes from west central Asia and is a rare type not easy to date with certainty, but a date c. 2000-1000 B.C. is the most likely. The design is well preserved, and deeply cut.'; (-585) 'Stamp Seal of Green Stone, 22 x 21 x 15mm. This originally had a flat, nearly square face, and a back which rises steeply to a pierced lug. The design on the face is a pattern of shapes: a cross-effect formed of four pointed narrow shapes, and in the four quarters so left vacant there is a triangle. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2000-1500 B.C. It is a nice example of its kind, but one corner is missing and the whole is worn.'; (W-42) 'Stamp Seal of White Stone, 21 x 22 x 10mm. This is an oblong plaque with an oblong, ridged and pierced loop of one piece on the back. The design on the face shows a composite creature: standing human-like figure at the front, body and hind quarters of a quadruped added on at the back. This comes from the Indus Valley or a neighbouring area and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It has a rare design, but the seal has a little damage, and there is some hard incrustation on parts of the surface.' 90 grams total; 22-35mm (3/4-1 1/4"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection numbers 1720, 4003, R-848, T-556, T-899, V-655, V-585, W-42, W-245, W-834, academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Dr Bonewitz notes: 'Seals are made of limestone (7), serpentine (2) and jasper (1).' [10]

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