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LOT 1298

Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet

EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

2 5/8 in. (122 grams, 68 mm).

Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to the upper face; underside partly lost. [No Reserve]

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.
This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1298

Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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