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LOT 0213
Large Western Asiatic Micro Cuneiform Clay Tablet Fragment Bearing a Religious List of Divination
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (519 grams, 12.9 cm).
Comprising a Meso library text over two faces, with content relating to religion.
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 0213
Large Western Asiatic Micro Cuneiform Clay Tablet Fragment Bearing a Religious List of Divination
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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