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LOT 1425
Old Akkadian Terracotta Round Cuneiform Tablet Recording Amounts of Grain
CIRCA 2340-2200 B.C.
1 in. (14.3 grams, 26 mm).
Spherical with cuneiform text to the upper face.
Provenance
Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1970s-1980s.
Ex European private collection, acquired in 1998.
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LOT 1425
Old Akkadian Terracotta Round Cuneiform Tablet Recording Amounts of Grain
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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