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LOT 0187
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET IN ENVELOPE FOR A GIFT OF TEN FIELDS ADJACENT TO ISHTAR-DAMQAT INCLUDING THE NAMES OF SEVEN WITNESSES
20TH-19TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (263 grams, 94 mm).
20TH-19TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (263 grams, 94 mm).
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with impressed cuneiform text; within its original envelope with impressed cuneiform text to both broad faces and one long edge; cracked to reveal the inner tablet.
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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