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LOT 0232
Assyrian Clay Cuneiform Brick
13TH CENTURY B.C.
6 7/8 in. (682 grams, 17.5 cm).
Roughly tabular and bearing impressed cuneiform text arranged in vertical columns to five of its six faces.
Provenance
Ex French art market.
with Boisgirard & Associés, Paris, 14 February 2005, lot 246.
Private Swiss collection since 2005.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11638-198993.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 62.85.1, for a 13th century Assyrian tablet.
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