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LOT 0217
Sumerian Pre-Sargonic Clay Tablet
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (103 grams, 70 mm).
Discoid in plan with a lentoid cross-section, bearing dense text to one face.
Provenance
From an important collection formed before 1988.
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