476 Results
Lot 636
ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAR EAST. Mesopotamia. Uruk III. Proto-cuneiform tablet, inscribed on one side with text in cuneiform and pictographic characters detailing the distribution of cereals, fish and other goods (3200–3000 BC). Terracotta. Length 9.2 cm. Bears on the reverse a label with Christie's auction reference. Published in Monaco, S. (2016). Archaic cuneiform tablets from private collections (CUSAS 31, no. 96). CDL Press. Registered in the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), no. P416126 (https://cdli.earth/P416126).
Starting price 5.000 €
Lot 638
ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAR EAST. Mesopotamia. Early Dynastic IIIA. Fara Period. Cuneiform sales tablet with inscriptions recording the acquisition of a field and the payments made by the buyer in a pre-monetary barter system, using copper, bread, oil, soup rations and fish, among other goods. The transaction took place during the tenure of the official Abzukidu, and among the witnesses was Inim-nizi (2600–2500 BC). Terracotta. Length 10 cm.
Starting price 4.000 €
Lot 639
ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAR EAST. Mesopotamia. Ur III Dynasty. Iri-Saĝrig. Administrative cuneiform tablet with inscriptions concerning the workdays of carpenters for the cutting of large pieces of wood (2100–2000 BC). Terracotta. Length 4.5 cm. Published in Owen, David I. (2013). Cuneiform texts primarily from Iri-Saĝrig / Āl-Šarrākī and the history of the Ur III period (Nisaba 15, 0831). CDL Press. Registered in the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), no. P429604 (https://cdli.earth/P429604).
Starting price 400 €
Lot 641
ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAR EAST. Mesopotamia. Old Babylonian Period. Cuneiform tablet with inscription concerning the plan of a field, its dimensions and location in relation to irrigation canals (1900–1700 BC). Terracotta. Length 10 cm. Losses to lower section and reverse. Cracks.
Starting price 750 €
Lot 643
ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAR EAST. Mesopotamia. Old Babylonian Period. Foundation nail with cuneiform inscription of King Ishme-Dagan of Isin. It reads: “Ishme-Dagan, mighty man, king of Isin, king of the four quarters (of the world), when he canceled the tax of Nippur, the city beloved by Enlil, and excused its men from military service, he built the wall of Isin, naming it ‘Ishme-Dagan is great…beside the god Enlil’” (ca. 1953-1935 BC). Terracotta. Length 13.5 cm.
Starting price 900 €
Lot 648
ARCHAEOLOGY. EGYPT. Second Intermediate Period. Scarab with longitudinal perforation; the head, prothorax and elytra outlined by incised lines are visible on the upper part; the base depicts a lion walking right trampling a fallen enemy, and a monkey in adoration pose (1640–1550 BC).
Starting price 300 €
Lot 649
ARCHAEOLOGY. EGYPT. New Kingdom. Finely carved heart scarab; the upper part shows the head, prothorax and striated elytra; the underside bears geometric decoration of continuous spirals forming a perimeter oval (1550–1070 BC). Stone. Length 4.4 cm. With an inscribed inventory number on its lower part.
Starting price 500 €
Lot 650
ARCHAEOLOGY. EGYPT. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Theban funerary cone belonging to Amenhotep, with hieroglyphic inscription of confused layout (1466–1388 BC). Terracotta. Length 23.5 cm. With an inscribed inventory number. Same stamp illustrated in the reference work by Davies & Macadam (1957), A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones (no. D.M. 374), Oxford; and comparable to the example held in the World Museum, Liverpool (inv. no. 1973.1.339). Similar examples to this piece were found in 2009 by the University of Brussels during excavations of tomb C.3 in Western Thebes, where more than one hundred cones of this type were recovered.
Starting price 1.200 €
Lot 654
ARCHAEOLOGY. EGYPT. Ptolemaic–Roman Period. Funerary mask with gilded face and eyes outlined in black. Wearing a tripartite wig and a diadem surmounted by the Eye of Horus (332 BC–1st century AD). Stuccoed and polychromed cartonnage. Height 25 cm. With cracks and minor paint losses. With stand. Accompanied by an import declaration from the Spanish Ministry of Culture (lot exempt from export duties).
Starting price 2.800 €
Lot 656
ARCHAEOLOGY. ANCIENT GREECE. Apulia. Long-necked oinochoe with a three-lobed mouth and raised handle. The body features a left-facing female profile as decorative motif, richly ornamented among palmettes and volutes (4th century BC). Red-figure pottery. Height 28 cm. Accompanied by a QED Laboratory thermoluminescence certificate. Accompanied by an import declaration from the Spanish Ministry of Culture (lot exempt from export duties).
Starting price 1.500 €
Lot 657
ARCHAEOLOGY. ANCIENT GREECE. Hellenistic. Transport amphora with conical body, two handles and neck ending in a mushroom-shaped mouth with a slanted rim. Marine encrustations (ca. 200 BC). Pottery. Height 70 cm. Accompanied by a QED Laboratory thermoluminescence certificate. With stand.
Starting price 800 €
Lot 658
ARCHAEOLOGY. ROME. Transport amphora with elongated body and smooth profile ending in a solid lower pivot. Cylindrical neck with high truncated-conical mouth. Ribbed handles (50 BC-50 AD). Pottery. Height 101 cm. With crack and scratches. Accompanied by a QED Laboratory thermoluminescence certificate. With stand.
Starting price 1.200 €
Lot 660
ARCHAEOLOGY. ROME. Possibly Late Roman ring with an openwork filigree hoop at the centre, decorated with scrolls and granules, and bordered by plain and twisted-wire bands. The bezel is composed of concentric bands of twisted wire, chain and globules, set with a conical almandine garnet cabochon (3rd century AD or later). Gold and garnet. Length 21.9 mm. Weight 5.87 g. With losses to some globules, and one side of the hoop is detached from the bezel due to a broken solder joint.
Starting price 1.800 €
