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LOT 0222
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Bearing a Royal Letter From Iluni King of Esnunna to Warassa King of Der
CIRCA LATE 18TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (219 grams, 11.3 cm).
Written in dense cuneiform over two principal faces and two side edges of the pillow-shaped tablet.
Provenance
Specialised 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.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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LOT 0222
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet Bearing a Royal Letter From Iluni King of Esnunna to Warassa King of Der
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
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