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LOT 0266
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet of a Contract within an Envelope
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (138 grams, 73 mm).
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with impressed cuneiform inscriptions, wrapped and enclosed in a clay envelope with cuneiform text to one flat face.
Provenance
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988.
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 0266
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet of a Contract within an Envelope
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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