Intriguing Sumerian marble bowl with cuneiform text

An intriguing Sumerian creme marble bowl with cuneiform text, Early Dynastic Period, c. 2500 BC, beautifully carved with rounded bowl and narrow flat bottom. The interior of the vessel with several li

4th-2nd millennium BC. An unfinished white marble cylinder seal with four registers of cuneiform text, possibly an apprentice's practise piece; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 5.09 grams,

Cuneiform Texts, 8 volumes. 1: Sumerian Tablets from Umma in the John Rylands Library, Manchester by C. L. Bedale, Year 1915, folio, bds. 2: Sumerian Economic Texts from the Umma Archive by Kang, Shin

A Sumerian, 2190 - 2000 B.C., terracotta foundation cone (clay nail) with 2/3's of the body having cuneiform text. Dicoidal shaped head with wide body that tapers to a point. The dedication text has b

Ancient Near East, Sumerian, ca. 2100 BCE. A beautiful terracotta foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in dense cuneiform text. A narrow tip gradually widens to a th

3rd millennium B.C. A bifacial pillow-shaped tablet bearing cuneiform text to both faces. 170 grams, 87 mm (3 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman an

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fine example of a foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rou

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A hand-built terracotta tablet of a rectangular form with twenty-one lines of Cuneiform text. The small tablet - or "biscuit" - h

A large Sumerian cuneiform tablet, Ur III, c. 2100 - 2000 BC, with multiple registers of incised text on either side. 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in (6.9 x 4.8 cm). Surfaces cleaned with light deposits. Ex New York

Third Dynastic Period of Ur, c. 2255-2040 BC, from the city of Drehem, according to the cuneiform, the tablet is a receipt for animals delivered, as the text lists the animals, intact, with some crack

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A triangular terracotta tag with holes to two corners, the broad surfaces with impressions from the scribe's cylinder seal, overwritten with cuneiform text to two faces and one

Ur III, 2112-2004 B.C. A framed and glazed ceramic cuneiform tablet fragment. 124 grams total, 95 x 95 mm including case (3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fine example of a foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rou

Sumerian, 605-562 BC. A ceramic temple foundation brick of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, rectangular with thirteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple by Nebuchadnezza

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A nice set of fragmentary clay tablets, each containing a series of inscribed lines of ancient cuneiform text. The firs

Ca. 2141-2122 BC A fine Mesopotamian Neo-Sumerian clay foundation cone with roughly four-fifths of its conical body wrapped in lines of dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rounded point and has

Large footed marble bowl by Angelo Mangiarotti for Knoll, 1970s.

Pre-Colombian Ulúa Marble Bowl with Feline Effigy Handles (550-950 AD)This extremely rare and important bowl depicts two feline effigies. Bowls such as this were used by the priests and nobility, and

Marble bowl in Empire style carved from solid marble. It has solid bronze castings with 24K Dore Gold finish. There are lion faces and feet cast from the original work. Heavy. 14"H x 18"W x 27"L.

Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 1974 BCE. Very fine pottery biscuit used to capture an ancient transaction. The tablet is dated to month X of year 3 of King Shu-Suen of Ur. The tablet comes from the st

Ca. 560 BC A terracotta temple foundation brick of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, rectangular with fourteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple by Nebuchadnezzar II. Tr

Large Egyptian style heart scarab, ex-museum, Possibly ancient (c. 664-332 BCE), terracotta clay, the head and wing case sharply defined, the underside inscribed with fourteen rows of cuneiform text,

Ca. 560 BC A terracotta temple foundation brick of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, rectangular with fourteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple by Nebuchadnezzar II. Bo

A very good antique Italian Bronze and Marble figural garden fountain having two putti supporting a bowl with mythical fish and wearing lion tunics standing in a carved marble bowl. The bowl supported