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 five accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which state: 'nine with discoid face, pierced knop handle, including one of grey stone and one of white stone, both with drilled rosette; one large ceramic stamp with drilled design; one ceramic with four petals forming a cross with triangle to each quarter; one of faience with design of shapes and figures including a cross with arrow-head arms and spear-shaped symbols (36 x 36 x 20mm, west-central Asia c. 2000-1000 B.C.); one of white stone with notched edges and drilled design of triangles around a central dot; (20 x 19.5 x 10mm, west central Asia, c. 2300-2000 B.C.); one ceramic with drilled pattern (26 x 10mm, west central Asia,c. 2500-2000 B.C.), one of grey stone with scalloped edge and design of central circle with scalloped edges surrounded by five trefoil shapes (37 x 37 x 15mm, west central Asia c. 2300-1800 B.C.); one with rosette design with central dot surrounded by eight triangular petals (21 x 20 x 11mm, west central Asia c. 2300-1800 B.C.)' the latter five accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993; and a circular seal with angle-filled cross, pierced twice to the centre. 113 grams, 20-44mm (3/4-1 3/4"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection numbers 2008, Q-49, R-931, T-608, U-1, V-15, V-135, V-882, W-669, W-680, academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Dr. Bonewitz notes: 'The seals are made from ceramic as noted, serpentine (3), marble (1).' [10]

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