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LOT 0211
Old Babylonian Terracotta Bulla Recording the Rations of Vegetable Oil to Named Individuals
1900-1800 B.C.
1 5/8 in. (20 grams, 40 mm).
Barrel-shaped with vertical perforation, columns of cuneiform text to the sidewall.
Provenance
Acquired in 1997.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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.
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LOT 0211
Old Babylonian Terracotta Bulla Recording the Rations of Vegetable Oil to Named Individuals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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