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LOT 0840
Sumerian Pictographic Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (10.4 grams, 33 mm).
A ceramic pictographic tablet fragment bearing pictographs to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1988.
Ex family collection.
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