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LOT 0187
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).
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.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Dr D.G., 1990s.
LiteratureCf. cuneiform text from Babylon now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.86.11.282.
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LOT 0187
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet in Envelope for a Gift of Ten Fields Adjacent to Ishtar-Damqat Including the Names of Seven Witnesses
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
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