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LOT 1174
Sumerian Ceramic Administrative Cuneiform Tablet
AKKADIAN, CIRCA 2300-2200 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (22.22 grams, 35 mm).
Square in plan, accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay tablet, 34 x 32 mm., with a total of 8 lines of Sumerian cuneiform on obverse and reverse. Some surface corrosion but much of the script clear. An administrative document with many figures, from Sumer from the Akkadian period, c. 2300-2200 B.C.' [No Reserve]
Provenance
London, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a scholarly note (11.), typed and unsigned by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert, with a copy of the note with notes to verso, including 'offered to JPR (J.P. Rosen) at $190 '(19)86.
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