ID 888468
Lot 1 | AN ASSYRIAN INSCRIBED GYPSUM FRAGMENT
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
REIGN OF ASHURNASIRPAL II, CIRCA 883-859 B.C.
7 3/4 in. (19.6 cm.) high
Provenance
From the Northwest Palace, Nimrud.
Likely from the collection of the Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, ME, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century (based on collection label reading "From Nineveh" affixed to backside).
with Norman Hurst (1944-2011), Cambridge, MA.
with Carole Davenport, New York, acquired from the above, 1983.
Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above, 1983; thence by descent to the current owner.
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Middle East, Mesopotamia, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia, Assyrian Empire |
| Category: | Frieze |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Middle East, Mesopotamia, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia, Assyrian Empire |
| Category: | Frieze |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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