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