Proto-Sumerian Terracotta Pictographic Tablet for the Distribution of Barley

CIRCA 3300-3000 B.C.

3 1/4 in. (130 grams, 82 mm).

Pillow-shaped tablet with dense cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge.

Provenance

Private collection Mr S.A., acquired in 1994; thence by descent.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12116-218146.

Literature

Cf. Salvatore Monaco, Archaic Cuneiform Tablets from Private Collections, CUSAS 31, no.143 (CDLI P464182), for type.

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