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LOT 1329
Mesopotamian Round School Cuneiform Tablet
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (114 grams, 70 mm).
Domed underside with cuneiform text to the upper face; chipped. [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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