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LOT 1007
Old Akkadian Terracotta Round 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.
ProvenancePrivate 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 1007
Old Akkadian Terracotta Round Tablet Recording Amounts of Grain
Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
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Opening Bid: £360
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