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LOT 0235
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet, Recording Distribution of Items to Named Individuals
LATE 18TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (182 grams, 10.8 cm).
Bearing an administrative text including numbers; roughly pillow-shaped; pierced.
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 0235
Old Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet, Recording Distribution of Items to Named Individuals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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