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LOT 0226
Late Old Babylonian or Kassite Clay Cuneiform Tablet
MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (52 grams, 50 mm).
With text to one remaining face; lentoid in cross-section.
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 0226
Late Old Babylonian or Kassite Clay Cuneiform Tablet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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Western Asiatic Stone Beads with Engraved Animals
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Two roughly spherical beads carved from a milky stone, both possibly engraved later a frieze of animal and mythical figures, together with a single, apparently human, figure. 22.1 grams total, 20-22 mm
Collected since the 1970s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017. -
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1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
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UK gallery, early 2000s.
