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LOT 0881
Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Group
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 1 5/8 in. (66 grams total, 26-40 mm).
Each of six fragments bearing cuneiform text or pictograms to at least one face. [6, 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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