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LOT 0221
Ur III Clay Cuneiform Tablet
CIRCA 3400 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (141 grams, 94 cm).
Of rectangular form, bearing text to both principal faces and three side edges; repaired.
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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