Lot Essay
Item five (axehead): an ink inscribed label reads "Found near Bruff".
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK ALABASTER ALABASTRON
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With two lug handles and a wide horizontal rim, rim chipped, repaired, 7.5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) high; a Syrian terracotta figure playing a crescentic harp, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; another figure with large circular eyes, hands resting on its knee, with bird-like flaring tail, 3.1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high, both repaired; a terracotta hooded figure with hands covering its face and a tapering tail curling round onto its lap, right leg missing, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high, all early 2nd millennium B.C.; a Neolithic polished stone axehead, 3rd millennium B.C., 4.5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long; half of a flat black stone axehead; a stone pierced circular weight, 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) across; two Islamic fragmentary glazed tiles and two jugs; and a miscellaneous group of ancient to modern items, including a bronze dagger and an Urartian style black stone double lion furniture support, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long, various periods (a lot)
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With two lug handles and a wide horizontal rim, rim chipped, repaired, 7.5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) high; a Syrian terracotta figure playing a crescentic harp, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; another figure with large circular eyes, hands resting on its knee, with bird-like flaring tail, 3.1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high, both repaired; a terracotta hooded figure with hands covering its face and a tapering tail curling round onto its lap, right leg missing, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high, all early 2nd millennium B.C.; a Neolithic polished stone axehead, 3rd millennium B.C., 4.5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long; half of a flat black stone axehead; a stone pierced circular weight, 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) across; two Islamic fragmentary glazed tiles and two jugs; and a miscellaneous group of ancient to modern items, including a bronze dagger and an Urartian style black stone double lion furniture support, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long, various periods (a lot)