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LOT 1430
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (70 grams, 57 mm).
The middle section of a pillowform tablet with cuneiform text on both sides. [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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