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LOT 1211

Mesopotamian Square Terracotta Tablet for the Account of Fish

EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/4 in. (28.9 grams, 33.3 mm).

Biconvex in profile with columns of cuneiform text to the upper face.

Provenance

Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1970s-1980s.
European private collection, acquired in 1998.
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.

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LOT 1211

Mesopotamian Square Terracotta Tablet for the Account of Fish

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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