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LOT 0207
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet from 'Warad-Amurru' to 'Ubar-Shamash' Concerning Barley
19TH-16TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (70 grams, 60 mm).
Pillow-shaped with impressed bands of cuneiform text to both broad faces, one edge and one end.
ProvenanceSpecialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988.
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.
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 0207
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet from 'Warad-Amurru' to 'Ubar-Shamash' Concerning Barley
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
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