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.

Provenance

Ex 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.

Literature

Cf. similar from Babylon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.86.11.282.

CONDITION

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