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LOT 0178
Kingdom of Larsa Cuneiform Tablet for Food Distribution in Ubar-iltum
18TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (55 grams, 45 mm).
A large portion of a pillow-shaped clay tablet, bearing cuneiform text to one face and side edge, relating to food distribution in Ubar-iltum, Maši depending on the service of Adalšenni etc. Kingdom of Larsa (?). [No Reserve]
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.
This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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LOT 0178
Kingdom of Larsa Cuneiform Tablet for Food Distribution in Ubar-iltum
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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Opening Bid: £50
A group of black and white jasper cylindrical beads with irregular quartz discs and a large oval-shaped white jasper bead with double collar at either end, restrung on a string. 36.86 grams, 24 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1990. Central London gallery. Private collection of a North West London lady. -
Western Asiatic Painted Spouted Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A ceramic vessel with rounded underside, biconvex body, trumpet-shaped mouth with raised internal rim; spout to the shoulder; painted band of decoration to the shoulder. 724 grams, 21 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Ur III Cuneiform Tablet, an Inventory of Drivers of Plough Oxen
Late 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
A pillow-shaped clay tablet bearing dense rows of cuneiform text to both principal faces; an inventory of workers, drivers of plough oxen, under the responsibility of a team leader; among the workers, several are mentioned as 'sick', the lower part of the tablet has been restored, the cuneiform signs on two lines are false. 82 grams, 63 mm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998.
