Old Babylonian Cuneiform School Exercise Tablet with Administrative Text

CIRCA 2000-1600 B.C.

2 7/8 in. (90.9 grams, 74 mm).

Tablet fragment with a domed underside, the upper face with lines of impressed text.

Provenance

Private collection, 1980s.
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.

Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert.
Accompanied by an original handwritten slip written by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.

CONDITION

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LOT 1425