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LOT 1016
Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet with Administrative Sargonic Text
MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (29.3 grams, 39 mm).
To two faces of the lentoid-section tablet.
Provenance
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
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LOT 1016
Sumerian Clay Cuneiform Tablet with Administrative Sargonic Text
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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