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LOT 0215
Akkadian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with Literary Text
MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/8 in. (150 grams, 80 mm).
Written in dense rows over one face of the tablet; a single line of text continued onto the reverse.
ProvenanceSpecialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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LOT 0215
Akkadian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment with Literary Text
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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