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LOT 0248
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Contract Tablet for the Purchase of Land with Silver During the Reign of King Manabaltiel of Kisurra
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (180 grams, 96 mm).
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with impressed cuneiform inscriptions, listing the purchase of a parcel of land for 1/3 of a mina of silver, a purchase that cannot be contested, with a list of witnesses; wrapped and enclosed in a clay envelope with cuneiform text to both flat faces.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s.
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 0248
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Contract Tablet for the Purchase of Land with Silver During the Reign of King Manabaltiel of Kisurra
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
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Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. 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. 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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with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. 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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Opening Bid: £175
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