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LOT 0199
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Legal Text
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
3 in. (214 grams, 76 mm).
The majority of a pillow-shaped tablet with impressed cuneiform text on three sides and a cylinder seal impression on the short face.
ProvenancePrivate 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.
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