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LOT 0186
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Administrative Tablet Listing Twelve Names
20TH-19TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (73 grams, 76 mm).
Tongue-shaped tablet with impressed cuneiform text to one broad face and the upper part of the reverse.
Provenance
From the private collection of the late Dr D.G., 1990s.
Literature
Cf. cuneiform text from Babylon now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.86.11.282.
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LOT 0186
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Administrative Tablet Listing Twelve Names
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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