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LOT 1368
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (48.7 grams, 58 mm).
Pillow-shaped fragment with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one short edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s.
The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, 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 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 11.217.15, for similar.
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