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LOT 0225
Large Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Containing Lexical Text
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/4 in. (560 grams, 13.3 cm).
Written over both principal faces; roughly pillow-shaped.
Provenance
Specialised 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 0225
Large Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Containing Lexical Text
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
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