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LOT 0211
Sumerian Clay School Tablet
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/8 in. (183 grams, 81 mm wide).
Plano-convex in form with cuneiform text to both faces.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988.
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