Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet for Amounts of Barley

URUK III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.

2 1/4 in. (26.3 grams, 55 mm).

Rectangular tablet, lentoid in section, with surface divided into three panels, each with a proto-Sumerian legend in an early form of cuneiform script.

Provenance

From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12243-220927.

Published

Believed to have been published in Cornell (ATCPC), no.140.

CONDITION

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LOT 0183