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LOT 0879

Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment, a Note on a Quantity of Barley

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/2 in. (23 grams, 39 mm).

A clay tablet bearing cuneiform text to one face, roughly lentoid in cross-section, a note on a quantity of barley, possibly Paleo-Babylonian. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 0879

Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment, a Note on a Quantity of Barley

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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