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LOT 0225
Sumerian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
3000-2000 B.C.
4 5/8 in. (314 grams, 11.9 cm).
Rectangular slab with reserved symbols in three columns to one face, reverse plain.
ProvenanceEx Oriental Dar Antiques, Jerusalem, 1967.
European private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12094-211937.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.85274, for type.
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