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LOT 0867
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Inventory of Sheep
MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (28 grams, 64 mm wide).
A bifacial clay tablet with cuneiform text to both faces, an accounting tablet concerning an inventory of various types of sheep associated with names of persons.
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.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 11.217.15, for similar.
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LOT 0867
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Inventory of Sheep
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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