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LOT 0240
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Royal Sumerian Text
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (146 grams, 90 mm).
Pillow-shaped in form with cuneiform text in dense rows to one face.
Provenance
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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LOT 0240
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Royal Sumerian Text
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
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