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Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch
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LOT 0188

Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch

CIRCA 19TH CENTURY B.C.

2 3/8 in. (61 grams, 60 mm).

Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to both broad faces, both short and one long edge.

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 0188

Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet from Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia, to his Officials in Various Towns Ordering them to keep a Strict Watch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235

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