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LOT 1257
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tag Recording the Delivery of Sheep Carcasses
2000-1600 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (14.55 grams, 37.4 mm).
Almond-shaped with columns of cuneiform text to one broad face and one edge.
Provenance
Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1970s-1980s.
European private collection, acquired in 1998.
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 1257
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tag Recording the Delivery of Sheep Carcasses
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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