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LOT 0219
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Terracotta Tablet
CIRCA 2000-1530 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (138 grams, 96 mm).
Rectangular clay tablet with cuneiform text to both broad faces.
ProvenanceEx Oriental Dar Antiques, Jerusalem, 1967.
European private collection.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125e33 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12770-237184.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. similar tablets in Goetze, A., Old Babylonian omen texts,Yale, 1966, pls.1ff.
FootnotesOld Babylonian tablets were found in regular excavations from Khafaje and Kish, although still today the main body came from dealers. A definite date can be assigned to them only on the basis of internal evidence. The scripts of the tablets varies a good deal: some tablets are written in archaic cursive, others in younger cursive, still others mix archaic and younger sign forms.
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