Mesopotamian Pottery Proto-Cuneiform Fragment w/ Script

Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic period,, 3300 to 2900 BCE. A fascinating fragment from a pottery tablet impressed with rows of pro-cuneiform script. The underlying langua

4th millennium BC. A fragment of earthenware writing tablet with impressed inscription in Mesopotamian proto-cuneiform, the surface divided into a grid with impressed characters. 8.64 grams, 31.8mm (1

A Mesopotamian Pottery Tablet with Cuneiform Writing. Writing on both sides, one side has 14 lines of writing. Tablets are written in two ancient languages, Sumerian and Akkadian, using a script calle

A Mesopotamian Pottery Tablet with Cuneiform Writing. Writing on both sides, one side has 14 lines of writing. Tablets are written in two ancient languages, Sumerian and Akkadian, using a script calle

(4) terracotta items including foundation cone bearing untranslated cuneiform script on sides; rectangular tablet bearing untranslated cuneiform script on front and back; pottery shard having repeatin

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. Four pottery cuneiform tablets - known as "biscuits" - all translated. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest kn

Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fascinating pottery cuneiform tablet displaying one of the oldest known writing systems in the world upon both sides of the large rectangular

4th millennium B.C. A cut half of a D-shaped ceramic proto-cuneiform tablet with impressed forms to both faces, possibly simple signs for numbers. 30.6 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 in.) Specialised collection

Madonna and Child 5" high

**Originally Listed At $400** Greece, Athens, ca. 450 BCE. A ceramic fragment from a pyxis depicting the lower body of a harpy. The pyxis form is found throughout the ancient Near East and the Classic

Near East, northeastern Syria, likely Raqqa or Rakka, Ayyubid dynasty, ca. early 13th century CE. A dazzling pottery bowl featuring a deep turquoise blue glaze over a black manganese painted surface t

Circa 4th millennium B.C. A proto-cuneiform ceramic tablet fragment bearing impressed forms to one face. 6.5 grams, 25 mm (1 in.). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments of pillow-shaped tablets with impressed cuneiform text. 154 grams total, 43-60 mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Greece, Boeotian, ca. 575 to 550 BCE. A hand-built pottery fragment of a horse with black-glazed details for the horse's eyes, face mask, mane, and body. A horizontal

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments from pillow-shaped tablets with impressed text to one remaining face. 241 grams total, 38 - 86 mm (1 1/2 - 3 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cune

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, ca. 100 BCE to 200 CE. A striking pottery head fragment wearing the buccal mask of Cocijo, god of corn, with a he

4th millennium B.C. A proto-cuneiform ceramic tablet fragment bearing impressed forms to both principal faces. 13.8 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 in.). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the p

3rd millennium B.C. A group of five clay tablet fragments of various shapes and sizes, each with cuneiform text to one or multiple faces. Cf. Chiriu, D., Ricci, P.C., Carbonaro, C.M., Nadali, D., ‘R

**Originally Listed At $200** Roman, Gallo-Roman, Gaul (a region that includes present day Northern Italy, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, parts of Netherlands, and Germany on west b

Circa 4th millennium B.C. A proto-cuneiform ceramic tablet fragment bearing impressed forms to one face. 10.8 grams, 28 mm (1 in.). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of

Circa 2nd millennium B.C. A group of five clay tablet fragments of various shapes and sizes, each with cuneiform text to one or multiple faces. 128 grams total, 25-76 mm (1 - 3 in.). Specialised colle

Ancient Mesopotamian Pottery Horse fragment c.6th century BC. Size 5 5/8 inches high x 3 inch wide. A Hollow Pottery Horse and rider fragment. Condition: chipped and losses otherwise in good condition

Egypt, Ptolemaic to Roman periods, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A collection of twenty eight papyrus fragments with some writing visible on them. This appears to be in Hieratic script, first developed for pries

A Mesopotamian terracotta cuneiform cylinder fragment, 2nd millennium BC, with multiple columns and registers of cuneiform test aligned in row, the characters survives well-preserved and crisp. 4 1/4