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LOT 0264
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
UR III, EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (27.6 grams, 40 mm).
Pillow-shaped tablet with columns of pictograms to two broad faces and one edge.
ProvenanceEx De Groot collection, Belgium, acquired in the 1930s.
with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.137.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12118-218148.
Cf. similar from Babylon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.86.11.282.
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LOT 0264
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
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14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
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Acquired from the UK art market. Private Scottish collection.
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