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LOT 0248

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MESOPOTAMIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM TABLET IN ENVELOPE
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (180 grams, 96 mm).

Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with impressed cuneiform inscriptions, wrapped and enclosed in a clay envelope with cuneiform text to both flat faces.

PROVENANCE:
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s.
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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