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LOT 0237
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
URUK CLAY PICTOGRAPHIC TABLET BEARING AN ECONOMIC TEXT RELATING TO FARM PRODUCE
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (61.1 grams, 72 mm).
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (61.1 grams, 72 mm).
Written over two faces; lentoid cross-section.
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.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11869-201159.
